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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: nodnerb on Wed, 06 July 2011, 07:50:17

Title: Pleased to meet'cha
Post by: nodnerb on Wed, 06 July 2011, 07:50:17

Hello world!

Quick introduction before I start wading into some of the forums!

I'm a long-time ergonomic believer, starting from 2000 when I thought I would have to quit work as a programmer due to RSI and wrist pain.

Back then, I bought a MS Ergo keyboard and a 3M Rennaisance mouse (the ball version) and the pain went away.
I've since been through three different MS ergo boards - the keys get sticky after a while and they are not very ... satisfying ... somehow to use.

Used a logitech split hands ergo board for a while but that board had the home/end/delete/insert/pgup/pgdn keys all in a weird order - more trouble than it was worth!

Just bought a nearly-new GoldTouch board, which is nice. Still need to get used to the layout, but at least I can see why they've gone away from classical key ordering.

Also, replaced the 3M with a Zalman FPSGUN which is nearly as comfortable and has a scroll wheel.

I'm quite intrigued by the rapture accorded to fully mechanical keyboards!  I'd love to try a Kinesis Advantage board, or the mythical Truly Ergonomic. Here in Australia, the local distributor wants $616 for the Kinesis!  And the $AU is worth MORE than the $US!!!

Oh, and my current laptop is a Lenovo X61T running Ubuntu - nice enough keyboard for light use. (I draw a bit using MyPaint/Inkscape. The Wacom touchscreen is like magic!)

Right. Enough about me...

~nodnerb

Title: Pleased to meet'cha
Post by: reaper on Wed, 06 July 2011, 09:06:19

Quote from: nodnerb;374491

Right. Enough about me...

 
You're right.  Enough about you... now about me, I like reading books, long walk on the beach.......





I keed I keed.

Welcome to Geekhack. =D

Title: Pleased to meet'cha
Post by: sordna on Wed, 06 July 2011, 10:42:42

Welcome to Geekhack! Your story is familiar to mine: went from flat keybard to MS Natural, then Goldtouch (fully tented), then Comfort Keyboard System (vertical), then Kinesis Advantage (also briefly tried a Maltron), then Kinesis Advantage with red (linear) switches: bliss.
Using Ubuntu as well! Wow $616 for a Kinesis in Australia is horrible, just get one direct from the USA, did you try ?

Title: Pleased to meet'cha
Post by: Lanx on Wed, 06 July 2011, 11:08:21

Hello ergo guy, there is definately a few of us ergo mech guys around, check out the ergo sub forum for what ppl have used, and their comments.