« Reply #8 on: Mon, 05 July 2010, 06:10:48 »
My favorite feature of this MS layout is the oversized Alt/CMD keys. The position of those keys make it a lot easier to hold them down with your thumb.
If you going to be buying a split Ergo keyboard, take into consideration how you use your keyboard most of the time because the split design may actually be worse for you if you spent most of your time with one hand on the keyboard and one hand on the mouse. What may seem like a very natural typing position, may not seem quite so comfortable if you're using your left hand to hit shortcuts most of the time.
I was fine when doing typing tasks, but found the keyboard very awkward and uncomfortable to use if I was doing a lot of Photoshop or work in design programs.
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