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Thoughts on "The Ultimate Ergo Keyboard"... for YOU

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Hubbert:

--- Quote from: ds26gte;162526 ---I'd like a keyboard shortcut that simulates a left-click.  Windows uses shift-F10 for right-click, but no OS appears to have a purely keyboard way of registering a left-click (at whatever position the cursor currently happens to be).

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This is one line of autohotkey:

--- Code: ---
!Enter::Click

or

+F9::Click

--- End code ---


The first example uses alt-enter, the second is shift-f9.

ds26gte:

--- Quote from: Hubbert;162529 ---This is one line of autohotkey:

--- Code: ---!Enter::Click

or

+F9::Click

--- End code ---
The first example uses alt-enter, the second is shift-f9.
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Neat.  Any Ubuntu solution along these lines...?

microsoft windows:
I'm not really into ergonomic solutions as I don't have an RSI problem. However, that doesn't mean they're stupid. They have those funny layouts and shapes for a reason.

wolf:
JAY-sus, webwit, is that your collection?  Most impressive array of various keyboards.  Some interesting differences in ideas already, proving beyond any doubt that there will never be an "Ultimate Ergonomic Keyboard" as people have vastly different tastes.

I like Rajagra's idea of burying CAPS and INS off to the side - those are two keys I only use once every 800 years or so, they don't need to be easily accessible.  Most the times I've deliberately hit them of late has been to undo the result of accidentally hitting them a few moments before...

Never had to use the Scroll lock in my life, was not aware it actually had a modern use until fastbuck mentioned one - and it's not one relevant to my use of computers/equipment.

I do take Hubbert's point about using different hands for modifier key and the actual key, but in my particular practice, I've never done that.  Always used the left shift button for all letters and numbers as I found the right one harder to reach (kept hitting the key immediately to its left instead).  This resulted in some strange contortions to "shift" certain keys so I moved the shift key under my thumb and (personally) found it much nicer.  Likewise, for CTRL-C CTRL-V type stuff, I only ever used the left CTRL key.  Only time I used right CTRL was in conjunction with right ALT and the DEL key - doing a Vulcan Nerve Pinch.


As to being able to hit multiple modifiers, the only combination I use is CTRL-ALT - which would be easy enough to do with a single thumb if they were placed adjacent to one another.  Other people's mileage will vary, of course, and that would not be a suitable solution for them.

webwit, what features make the μTRON have "zero hand-travel"?

wolf:

--- Quote from: microsoft windows;162590 ---I'm not really into ergonomic solutions as I don't have an RSI problem. However, that doesn't mean they're stupid. They have those funny layouts and shapes for a reason.
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I don't have an "RSI" problem as such but I do have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (I know, it's congenital and is not caused by using/doing things) which is seriously exacerbated by working with keyboards and mice - even holding a smallish phone handset to my head for any length of time causes numbness/tingling in thumb, index and middle fingers.

Doing what I can to get my hands in a "neutral" position with the wrists comfortably aligned, no pressure on Carpal bones etc, does help alleviate the symptoms.  I love the bluetooth phone headset I use at work as I don't have to hold a handset but I hate the standard optical mouse as it forces me to close my hand in to grip it.  At home I have a Logitech "Trackman Wheel" which is much better but not perfect.

I personally don't like linear keyboards but a lot of the split keyboards do not have ideal positioning, either.

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