[hackpgh-discuss] Re: ergonomics
- From: Steven Owens <stevenjowens@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 09:41:56 -0400
On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 11:56 PM, j. eric townsend <jet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 4/23/16 02:11, Steven Owens wrote:
The kinesis is awesome, but it messes with the special keys too much
(ctrl, alt, esc, etc).
Some of those keys are the problem, especially if you use emacs.
...which would be me :-).
What you do with a Kinesis is reprogram some of the thumb keys -- it's now
completely
obvious to me that cmd, ctrl, and opt are under the thumb.
For now, I've ended up with (bleargh) Microsoft Natural keyboard.
It's not quite good enough, but at least it's not treating the special
keys like second-class citizens.
I've been considering building one of the ergo kit keyboards. In My
Copious Spare Time.
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Steven J. Owens
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