It would prevent you from putting the trash outside?
itlnstln,
I would look more at how you are positioning your hands than worry about the switch. Have had a Realforce on my desk for months, and just can't seem to go back to anything else for more than a few hours.
Let us know what happens...............Later
Could be the layout. Are you one hand "clawing" the navigation keys?
This is why I still would prefer the HHKB3 have arrow keys.
I map the function key over on the left hand side.
Nope. That guy looks so weak that he needs the Segway, because he doesn't have the leg strength to walk. That, and there's no way you could be a man and have your pants pulled up that high.
Yeah I guess you are right, you bought a **** emacs keyboard from a weakling, and payed hundreds of dollars for it!
maybe, but he looks like he has some serious nerd cred.
: ) I don't even use emacs...
There's no way you could be a man and have your pants pulled up that high.
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screw emacs, real men use vi
Could be the layout. Are you one hand "clawing" the navigation keys?
How do you have your keyboard situated? Do you have an adjustable keyboard tray, a keyboard drawer, or is it on a desk? How do you sit at your workstation?
We're drifting off topic AND THIS IS A SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION!
I recommend {see above}
After reading this dicussion, I am leaning to the new layout as the culprit more so than the switches.
I got it Monday, and I use it about 10 hours a day off and on.
Heres how I see it:
For what it's worth, comparing the topre switch between the cherry brown, the topre's don't "spring back" as much. That is, on the return after a keypress it gives you less force. I found this to be less satisfactory as often I bottom out so I can get a quick rebound and "spring" to move on to the next key. Topre does not support you in doing this as much as cherry browns do.
Why do we bottom out in general, why don't we just stop at the actuation point? Well, I think it's because when you are typing faster, you rely on the heavier resistance at the "beyond actuation" point to bounce your finger back to get to the next key quickly.
Well, I also have a Fn on the left, but that is just silly. Put you index finger over an arrow key, and your little finger hovers over Fn.
...that the more and harder bottoming out I am doing on the Topre was causing some sort of trauma to my fingers, thus the pain in my knuckles. Since I am right handed, and my right hand is stronger, I was causing more trauma in my right vs. my left.
Has anyone experienced any finger stiffness from using Topre switches? It seems that since I got my HHKB, I have been waking up with stiff knuckles. It only lasts for a few minutes, but it hurts to make a fist, but once I open and close my had a few times, it's OK. I don't know if it's because the additional tactility switching from Cherry browns is causing me to push harder, thus bottoming out more.
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I really wish we had not gone there.
OK, I think I have come to the conclusion that it might not be the keyboard at all, at least not specifically.
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the modifier keys on the left side actually get farther away from your thumb.
The HHKB is a clawing keyboard
Thumb? Do you mean you use the thumb on all the modifiers? That's good for Alt, but not so great for the others. I use my little finger for shift and control. And (try to) use my other hand to press the letter.
You can wash away the image by replacing Reeves with Roseanne Barr.
That switch matrix is all wrong. This is more like it (using superheroes - more or less).
Could be the layout. Are you one hand "clawing" the navigation keys?
This is why I still would prefer the HHKB3 have arrow keys.
Well, the main point is I hope ItlnStln gets better despite my skepticism it is from bottoming out on those plush Topres.
I'm building the case for ItlnStln's multimillion lawsuit against PFU. It's gonna be bigger than the McDonalds Hot Coffee lawsuit. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants) The threat of a lawsuit should at least give me the CHOICE of arrow keys on the HHKB3 like the Japanese have.
is there an hhkb with arrow keys?