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Poor Man's Kinesis Keyboard: The K'nexis Keyboard
Jon_Aquino writes "For programmers like me with wrist pain (the dreaded Emacs Pinky syndrome), I have made a simple keyboard modification that lets you press the Ctrl, Alt, and Shift keys with your thumbs. Just like those expensive $240 Kinesis keyboards, but made using a $30 K'nex building toy. (K'nex is like Lego but uses rods instead of bricks)."
Yes, there is a USB version. The only bluetooth prototype fell in the toilet so it will be awhile before that is available. Dvorak is integrated on all of them.
Transcend Humanity. Please.
2. Put a mapping from Caps Lock to Left Control
3. Use new capslock instead
4. No more Emacs wanky or whatever you said.
You won't remember life before this change. And no having to use vi ;)
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If you're keeping your palms on your desk (or wrist rest in front of your keyboard) you're asking for problems.
Actually, the wrist rest is there so you don't have to exert any effort to keep your hands in the air. (If you don't have one, you have to support the weight of your entire arm. You're not just holding up your wrists.)
The lowered-wrist position is what is bad for your hands, not the fact that they rest on something... if your wrists are slightly elevated, it doesn't matter if they're touching anything or not.
Why is it that when you believe something it's an opinion, but when I believe something it's a manifesto?
Right, but hitting Esc and then y is still easier on your hands than Meta-This Ctrl-That ;)