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Offline gaffer

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Looking for a keyboard for a friend with RSI
« on: Sat, 13 July 2013, 20:22:41 »
A friend of mine is dealing with a messed up wrist at the moment, and is looking for a better office setup.

So, I'm looking for a bit of advice on keyboards (poss. mouse advice also) that actually help, since there's a lot of ****ty advertising out there.

Is the Kinesis Freestyle split keyboard model a good direction to go, or is something like the Truly Ergonomic Keyboard (although maybe a less expensive variant) more useful?
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Offline blueSmoke

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Re: Looking for a keyboard for a friend with RSI
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 14 July 2013, 04:34:50 »
RSI stage? how long?

fixes/remedies tried?

office? home office? coworker noise sensitivity? workplace authorization?

programmere? IT guy? heavy computer user? casual user?
finally budget?

more details maybe?
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Offline blueSmoke

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Re: Looking for a keyboard for a friend with RSI
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 15 July 2013, 04:12:46 »
come on... dont be shy.

we all couple of friends with RSI.
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Offline vatin

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Re: Looking for a keyboard for a friend with RSI
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 15 July 2013, 04:17:51 »
Kinesis advantage will give you good result, provided you're willing to learn new layout.
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Offline Tony

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Re: Looking for a keyboard for a friend with RSI
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 15 July 2013, 23:21:37 »
You can change layout to Colemak/Dvorak/Workman, it also helps by reducing the finger travel, making typing more comfortable.
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Offline vivalarevolución

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Re: Looking for a keyboard for a friend with RSI
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 16 July 2013, 20:17:17 »
I would strongly consider the type of mouse that your friend is using as well.  For me personally, the mouse is actually a larger source of pain.
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Offline hoggy

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Re: Looking for a keyboard for a friend with RSI
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 17 July 2013, 17:54:00 »
Has your friend seen a doctor?
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Offline Lanx

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Re: Looking for a keyboard for a friend with RSI
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 22 July 2013, 01:29:01 »
you're friend needs to voice his problems really. like if he has wrist pain, that might be ergonomic, if he has tendon pain, that might be rubber dome vs mechanical.
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