Re:Toward a More Useful Keyboard
by IggleSniggle on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @10:08AM
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I am exactly the same way, and it’s refreshing to run into a like-minded soul. I will admit to having always wanted to try a stenographer’s keyboard, though, just optimized for code.
Not really. It's the obsession with home row that creates wrist-twisting.
> What we really need to do for PC keyboards is split the keyboard into two halves and get rid of the typewriter column stagger.
I'm self-taught and instead use the edges of the keyboard to orient myself, and use my shoulders and elbows to move my forearm inwards from a very different resting positing. Not much wrist movement.
(for anyone curious, my usual resting keys are around shift/a/w/d/space and alt/l/p/[/] on a US qwerty keyboard, but it's not strict)