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Burning Keyboards
5 February 2005 13:29When I first went to college I had to get a new mouse every six weeks or so. I don't know why, but I managed to break them at an amazing rate. I tried various brands, trackballs, etc. They all died rapidly. After two years of this I picked up a mouse that worked well until I replaced it with a trackball to relieve my tendinitis.
Now I seem to be going through keyboards. I have found that I really like the split ergo keyboards, but I can't find one that lasts. Right now I am stuck using Logitech's latest and greatest super multimedia command center board. I hate it with a passion. There are a few things that I like about it. The scroll wheel on the left side is nice. I like having a nice volume knob in the top middle of the keyboard. The rest of the extra buttons I couldn't care about.
The major problems with this keyboard are the ergonomics. I wasn't expecting it to be that great since it isn't a split keyboard, but this is insane. The main problem is that this keyboard is thin. Very thin. And flat. Very flat. Even with the little legs in the back extended it ramps up less than 5 degrees and the tops of the keys are right at one inch off the desk. I guess this would make sense if it were pushed to the back of my desk so that my elbows were on the desk and my arm flat againt it, but really, who sits like that? Who has enough clear space on their desk for that? Unfortunately, this seems to be the trend in straight keyboards. It means that my hands and wrists are stretched out in horribly painful ways just to type at all. Hopefully my new keyboard will get here soon.
Now I seem to be going through keyboards. I have found that I really like the split ergo keyboards, but I can't find one that lasts. Right now I am stuck using Logitech's latest and greatest super multimedia command center board. I hate it with a passion. There are a few things that I like about it. The scroll wheel on the left side is nice. I like having a nice volume knob in the top middle of the keyboard. The rest of the extra buttons I couldn't care about.
The major problems with this keyboard are the ergonomics. I wasn't expecting it to be that great since it isn't a split keyboard, but this is insane. The main problem is that this keyboard is thin. Very thin. And flat. Very flat. Even with the little legs in the back extended it ramps up less than 5 degrees and the tops of the keys are right at one inch off the desk. I guess this would make sense if it were pushed to the back of my desk so that my elbows were on the desk and my arm flat againt it, but really, who sits like that? Who has enough clear space on their desk for that? Unfortunately, this seems to be the trend in straight keyboards. It means that my hands and wrists are stretched out in horribly painful ways just to type at all. Hopefully my new keyboard will get here soon.