Comments on: Quick Call for Help: What is the Keyboard YOU Use?

By: Web 2.0 with Ruby on Rails » Thank You, My Friend! :)

Web 2.0 with Ruby on Rails » Thank You, My Friend! :) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:09:39 +0000

[...] To Chris Maxwell, Geoffrey Grosenbach, Ken Barker, Jeremy McAnally, Priit Tamboom, Christoph Blank, Roland, Arie Kusuma Atmaja, Simone Dall’Angelo, Scott Persinger, Greg Lappen, and Adara, thank you so much for helping and giving me suggestions regarding my call for keyboard recommendations. [...]

By: Greg Lappen

Greg Lappen — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:41:39 +0000

Hello-

I can recommend the Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional

http://pfuca-store.stores.yahoo.net/haphackeyser.html

The touch is great – old style clickety-click, not a mushy rubber feel. Plus it has a control key where capslock usually is which is great if you’re an emacs user. Takes a while to get used to the arrow keys which require hitting the “Fn” button, but I really like it, and my wrist pain is gone.

By: Scott Persinger

Scott Persinger — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:45:15 +0000

I really like the Goldtouch split keyboard. I’ve been using one for years since my RSI got really bad. It’s not so funky as to require extensive retraining, but it’s also nice and adjustable along all axes.

Btw, here’s my RSI fighting regimen. Keeps me pretty much pain free:
-Good hand posture, elbows at 90 degrees. This is #1.
-Good ergo chair, or even better, a standing desk.
-Fish oil supplements
-Lots of stretching, including stretching the back and core

By: Simone D.

Simone D. — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:05:49 +0000

I used Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 for some months and i really like it!
Later i decided to switch to a Logitech Cordless Desktop® S 530 Laser for Mac (keyboard + mouse) and i fell in love … keys are perfect and mouse is great (there is also windows version).

Actually Logitech 530 is more expensive than Microsoft Comfort Curve … but by now i’m really happy with it. I’m really happy of my decision.

The only ‘bad’ about Logitech 530 id the driver for mac … but the keyboard is fantastic

By: ariekeren

ariekeren — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:34:15 +0000

hendy, we live in a primitive world (

http://ariekusumaatmaja.wordpress.com/?s=keyboard

By: Roland

Roland — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:31:55 +0000

Flickr says the photo is offensive – to the german audience

By: Christoph

Christoph — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:59:51 +0000

I like my Enermax Aurora, unique design
http://www.enermax.com.tw/english/product_peripherals_detail.asp?PrID=48

By: Hendy Irawan

Hendy Irawan — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:05:13 +0000

Thank you Priit…

I’ve tried Colemak (http://www.colemak.com, not colemark) and even installed it on my KTouch tutor… Very nice. will be learning it starting tonight I hope

The Caps turning to Backspace is AWESOME. I love that idea!!

Thanks for all the suggestions. You’ve all been *VERY* much helpful

By: Priit Tamboom

Priit Tamboom — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:47:39 +0000

By the way, take a look to http://colemark.com , it’s a newer than dvorak and much newer than qwerty, it keeps copy-paste keys to the same place.

However for me, I’m using “hand-made” layout inspired by dvorak and colemark, because dvorak is optimized for English only, so it didn’t fit well with my native Estonian language. I don’t recommend to start playing with hand-made layout unless you really are fanatic

By: Hendy Irawan

Hendy Irawan — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:15:01 +0000

Thanks Geoffrey, Ken, Jeremy, and Priit for all your input

So the final verdict is I’ll be switching to DVORAK immediately after I print this keyboard layout.. there’s no printer lying around here.

The preferred keyboard for the time being is still MS Curve, as Priit also suggested..