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Offline quietobserver

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Just started and now I'm done
« on: Sat, 22 November 2014, 03:30:48 »
So as I started looking for better ergonomic solutions to combat wrist pain, I found myself reading GeekHack a lot.  Eventually, of course I had to buy something.  I saw the threads about Keytronics and how they felt like "ghetto topres" so I got a couple of really cheap ones to try.  They definitely were an improvement over what I already had, so I was happy and bought a couple more as back-ups.  Was that the end?  No of course not.

I keep reading, and I felt like there was always something better.  I looked at one thing, then at the next, and yet I knew each one of them would only be a stopgap for a short while before I got something else.  Then I found the threads about the Model F 122-keys.   :p  Here, I thought, was what could be my endgame keyboard.  And plenty of diy-ing that I might be able to do if I wanted to keep busy.

I buy.  I floss.  I use.  And now my wallet is sealed.  I hope!   :rolleyes:

Offline jacobolus

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Re: Just started and now I'm done
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 22 November 2014, 04:46:02 »
Awesome. The F122 is a really great keyboard.

Welcome to Geekhack. Good luck keeping that wallet closed.

Offline rowdy

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Re: Just started and now I'm done
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 13 December 2014, 04:41:37 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

I suspect you have found the ergonomics section already.  A lot of people with good suggestions and knowledge in there.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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