Re:Ask HN: What do you wish you knew before you got RSI?
by user_agent on Saturday June 20, 2020 @06:08AM
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Great! I do it exactly the same way.
>Can you explain or post a picture of what proper tilting looks like?
It's very simple. Either make the whole thing flat, or tilt it, but make the part that's close to your wrists higher than the rest, so you can look like a mantis - you bend your hands in a similar way, which is the opposite to how people usually do it and where keyboard's jibs are usually mounted. In both cases gel pads for wrists are mandatory. And the keyboard should be close to the body, not the monitor. Split is a must too.
I really like mice and I find them to be much faster and much more precise. However, I recently switched to using a trackball for work and general use and I now only use a mouse when I'm gaming. My wrist feels better than it has in years.
> That the tilted keyboard (its top tilted) is one of the worst ideas ever. It should be exactly the opposite.
I have a split keyboard with adjustable tenting. Can you explain or post a picture of what proper tilting looks like? I would like to give it a try and see if it helps.