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Keyboard that would help avoid fingers strain (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by ColonelRevolution@lemmygrad.ml to c/leftistunix@lemmygrad.ml

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Hey there,

I've been doing a lot of typing lately on my shitty old Compaq keyboard (it has a good build quality, but keys require relatively much force to be pressed) and I experience some discomfort in my fingers.

Would anybody suggest any specific keyboard or keyboard type that would help me ease the strain? I know absolutely nothing about keyboards lol!

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[–] Imnecomrade@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Here's a tool for different keyboard layouts that you can do analytical tests with to see which one you like.

When I get around to making a custom keyboard, I want to try MTGAP.

Here's an awesome split keyboard GitHub repository with a lot of information that may help.

I'm not sure how ergonomic this is, but it is a very unique design that enables insanely fast typing speeds: CharaChorder One.

On second thought, I would not recommend the CharaChorder, especially due to poor customer support, the double key press bug, the closed source firmware, and the fact it is still $299. I would be interested in an open source alternative, even if I had to build it myself.

Charachorder did respond to the video saying they fixed most of the issues, but if the device still has closed source firmware, that would be a dealbreaker for me, especially since you cannot remap keys at the firmware level.

[–] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

$299

That's almost half my salary 💀

Maybe ColonelRevolution should've specified he's not American, just like me. We're both Polish 💀

[–] Imnecomrade@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I saw his other messages regarding these issues. I wasn't sure what he would think about what I mentioned, but I hope the other resources I've given are helpful to him or anyone else.