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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

$299

That's almost half my salary 💀

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ouch, is Poland that much cheaper to live in? I live in the Czech Republic and with that salary I would not be able to live anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Some Polish people travel to work in Czech Republic, so I guess that your salaries are a little better. I like to work abroad and spend money at home so I can afford my hobbies, but for personal reasons I'll have to stay here for some time and I already feel the pain. 😅

I will have to settle for cheaper alternative for now, but I made a resolution to buy something similar to what you suggested once I finally get to work in the IT sector - at least I hope it will work out. Thanks for your suggestions - I never gave it much thought, the topic is very interesting and I really like the idea of getting a mechanical keyboard in the future.

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