Down the ergonomic keyboard rabbit hole

Re:Down the ergonomic keyboard rabbit hole by kostarelo on Saturday October 10, 2020 @03:56PM (#24741428)

That's super interesting, thanks for sharing. Is the magic keyboard and trackpad considered to be ergonomic? I wonder what's the difference then in split keyboards and such.

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Re:Down the ergonomic keyboard rabbit hole by jen729w on Saturday October 10, 2020 @06:36PM (#24742391)

Tangential: I find using an actual (Mac) laptop, with the trackpad in front of the keyboard, to be very ergonomic. This is on a desk with a screen attached, so I’m not staring down at the laptop screen.

Rather than the hand sweeping all the way over to the right to reach the mouse, it just twists a little towards the trackpad. The palms never really leave their rests.

I don’t use it like this a lot, but when I do I enjoy it.

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Re:Down the ergonomic keyboard rabbit hole by dodobirdlord on Sunday October 11, 2020 @12:56AM (#24743831)

In an interesting demonstration of how all ergonomics is personal, my use of a Mac laptop and the repeated wrist rotation from the trackpad to they keyboard and back led to RSI.

That said, I love the Mac trackpad and it has great ergonomic potential, I just personally have to use it with a split keyboard with the halves on either side of the laptop. That way the motion of moving from trackpad to keyboard and back is a bend at the elbow, while the wrist stays straight.

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Re:Down the ergonomic keyboard rabbit hole by vladvasiliu on Sunday October 11, 2020 @04:55AM (#24744559)

Huh, interesting. I already bend my arm at the elbow when using the trackpad. However, I find the finger position painful if I'm using the trackpad intensively for a while (think lots of scrolling during random web browsing).

A few months ago I have discovered the joys of using a trackball and I think a great setup would be to fit the that between the halves of a split keyboard. I suppose a Kinesis Freestyle or similar could accommodate that.

That being said, even though I absolutely love the mbp trackpad and find the keyboard ok-ish (I have an older, 2013 model), I don't like using it with an external screen. It feels somehow off.

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Re:Down the ergonomic keyboard rabbit hole by jacobajit on Saturday October 10, 2020 @10:10PM (#24743314)

I've always wished for an external trackpad and keyboard combo in this layout, basically a Macbook without the screen to use with your monitor setup. Reaching to the side for the trackpad frequently seems much slower and less ergonomic. Plus the fixed relative layout of the trackpad and keys helps orient myself.

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Re:Down the ergonomic keyboard rabbit hole by vladvasiliu on Sunday October 11, 2020 @05:00AM (#24744576)

> I've always wished for an external trackpad and keyboard combo in this layout, basically a Macbook without the screen

I'm pretty sure I saw something like that from lenovo. I can't find it anymore, all I got is this:

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/accessories-and-monitors/keyboa...

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