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Re:Prototype ergonomic mechanical keyboards by mtrimpe on Thursday December 12, 2013 @02:41AM (#6893335)
What would you use as a pointing device with the Kinesis though?

I've grown quite attached to the RollerMouse classic over the years as the ultimate pointing device but I'm wondering how that would work with the Kinesis.

Hacking a trackpad in the middle also seems like an odd compromise ...

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Re:Prototype ergonomic mechanical keyboards by Adrock on Thursday December 12, 2013 @09:31AM (#6894562)
It's a shame that the images were lost after geekhack.org was hacked, but the most compelling solution I saw was the mod to add a trackpoint:

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=32232.0

You can see some attempts here:

https://www.google.com/search?q=kinesis+trackpoint&tbm=isch

When I first got my Kinesis Advantage, I secured the Adesso Smart Cat trackpad to the middle:

http://www.amazon.com/Adesso-Button-Glidepoint-Touchpad-GP-4...

It's what the other Kinesis users around me were using and it's the only wired touchpad that could fit. It's a piece of garbage and I've given up on it. I've fallen back on using my Evoluent Vertical Mouse, as it's the only mouse that doesn't leave me in pain.

The real answer is that I've adapted my tools and workflow to be as keyboard operational as possible, using a tiling window manager, Emacs, and Conkeror for everything.

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Re:Prototype ergonomic mechanical keyboards by wahnfrieden on Thursday December 12, 2013 @04:45AM (#6893646)
I'm happy with an apple trackpad in the center.
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