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Re:Split Keyboard for Professionals by smoyer on Monday September 28, 2020 @10:55AM (#24617288)
A friend of mine is one of the nerdiest guys I know but has suffered from RSI most of his life. He exclusively uses DataHand keyboards (which he buys used and refurbishes or parts out). I notice you don't have a picture of those in your gallery. It's an interesting idea (having 5 switches per finger without moving your hand) but I'm more hopeful that chording will become the default.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DataHand

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Re:Split Keyboard for Professionals by Symbiote on Monday September 28, 2020 @11:10AM (#24617466)
Good idea.

I've added it (though as it's unavailable, it doesn't show up by default). I've also added the Lalboard (http://lalboard.com/), which is an open-source project to recreate it.

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Re:Split Keyboard for Professionals by thomas on Monday September 28, 2020 @03:10PM (#24620211)
Yes, exactly right. If you are going to make the jump it's smart to do it all the way. Intermittent steps will help some people, but won't always solve the RSI problem fully.
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