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CmdrTaco
on Tue Feb 23, 1999 07:50 AM
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from the what-do-you-think dept.
Madsen submitted
this as an Ask Slashdot, and its been weighing on my mind
recently. I want a new keyboard- my wrists just aren't what
they used to be after 16 hours of replying to flame mail.
I'm curious what ergo keyboards people have tried. What ones
they like. What ones will make my wrists last longer. And
ideally, where I can find them and how much its gonna set
me back.
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- Adesso TruForm by ccg (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:00AM
- Twiddler ?? by euroderf (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:18AM
- MS Keyboards... by nlucent (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:07AM
- You're gonna think I'm crazy, but ... by jandrese (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:33AM
- Dvorak by Peter Amstutz (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:12AM
- Dvorak by Peter Amstutz (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @11:21AM
- Yyess ssirr rreeee ... by gavinhall (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:36PM
- The solution: type badly -yeah, I need a therapist by gavinhall (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:31PM
- The solution: type badly by pingouin (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @11:15AM
- How do I find out the keyboard codes? by Paul Crowley (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @06:13AM
- Try wrist splints by bluGill (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:24AM
- Followup Question: Moveable Keycaps by pohl (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:36AM
- MickeySoft by mholve (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:08AM
- Got it... by mholve (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:25AM
- best thing i ever did.. by John Meacham (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:39AM
- Dvorak for *programmers* by John Meacham (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @02:38AM
- I have 2! (stole them both!) by jonr (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:51AM
- Damned Straight! by zonker (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:44AM
- MS-Ergo Keyboards by Sludge (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:16AM
- Another vote for Kinesis by dhart (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:47AM
- Split Keyboards by Tomahawk (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:29AM
- MY vote is for by Jon Peterson (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:02AM
- You're gonna think I'm crazy, but ... by rokhed (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:48AM
- get the Kinesis!!!! http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/ by Gilly (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @11:14AM
- Datahand is the way to go by cpopetz (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:16AM
- Datahand is the way to go by cpopetz (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:00PM
- Maltron--Costing/Pricing it... by kirk_bb (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @03:06PM
- Maltron IS the holy grail of ergonomica... by kirk_bb (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @03:11PM
- Cirque keyboards by Imabug (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:23AM
- Split Keyboards - Flexpro (keytronic) by Timothy Chu (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:10PM
- My three faves by Frank Sullivan (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:53AM
- You need posture and a wrist rest not new keyboard by evilandi (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:47AM
- Preach on, brother by logicTrAp (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:03AM
- AWESOME Cheap Generic - Better than any I've seen by bjb (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @05:39AM
- M$ keyboards work well - feel good and only $24 US by smithdog (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:44AM
- MS Natural 1.0 (the old one) by Chris Siegler (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:02AM
- You're gonna think I'm crazy, but ... by Chris Siegler (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:08AM
- Microsoft keyboard by Chris Siegler (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:16AM
- Lite On by Petra (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:29AM
- MS keyboard sucks, get a Datahand and new habits by Pascal Q. Porcupine (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:47AM
- Adesso TruForm by Archeopteryx (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @11:57AM
- ergo keyboards by bgue (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:49AM
- how about ergo/eco for $14? by bcboy (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:34AM
- Twiddler -- not too ergo by bcboy (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:52AM
- Absolutely! by cthonious (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:00AM
- The Backspace key by Goner (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:52AM
- You're gonna think I'm crazy, but ... by Ed Avis (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @12:15PM
- Buckling Spring keyboards forever! by cswan (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:52AM
- Microsoft keyboard by GLR (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:47AM
- Kinesis Classic by dave f. (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:11AM
- Is there realy a problem with regular keyboards? by Steve Bergman (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @07:24PM
- IBMs ARE the best. by Fionn (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @03:35PM
- I have the same and it is great! by Fionn (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @03:45PM
- Win95 Keys (You're gonna think I'm crazy, but ...) by argathin (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @07:54AM
- Dvorak for *programmers* by cmalek (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:49AM
- Silitek - better/cheaper than M$ by MrRobahtsu (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @07:06AM
- Generic ergo: by burner (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:12AM
- Gel-eez from Case Logic by bats (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:24AM
- I seek silence! by Duchamp (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @05:15AM
- MS Natural Keyboard works well, and is cheap. by Sethb (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @07:59AM
- You're gonna think I'm crazy, but ... by antipope (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:07AM
- Dvorak for *journal authors* by kzinti (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @11:08AM
- I think there is a consensus - MS Natural (old) by Jerenk (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:50AM
- What's the control key doing there? by rcgraves (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:04AM
- Any backlit keyboards? by afniv (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:06AM
- Any backlit keyboards? by afniv (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @05:54AM
- IBM keyboards by daviddennis (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:49AM
- Kinesis ergo contoured by Harlequin (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:42AM
- Location of Curly Braces by jrb (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:15AM
- Datahand? / poll... by PMoonlite (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:02PM
- Hate to say this... by PsychoSpunk (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @07:59AM
- forget ergo keyboard! by chappers (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:51AM
- MS Natural Elite by brick (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:40PM
- MS Natural 1.0 (the old one) by jafo (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @12:20PM
- MS Keyboard (And other MS hardware) by Saono (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:43AM
- MS Keyboard + Linux Uptime war story! by Outland Traveller (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:54AM
- MS got something right, of course they stopped it by Kyobu (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @07:19PM
- Microsoft keyboard by Kyobu (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @07:30PM
- Microsoft keyboard by Kyobu (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @07:30PM
- How about a Slashdot Poll? by Bloody Peasant (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @12:53PM
- Keyboard /. poll, anyone? by Bloody Peasant (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @12:54PM
- Datahand is the way to go by Soulfry (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:11AM
- Dvorak for *programmers* by Soulfry (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @11:16AM
- Dvorak for *programmers* by Elf Sternberg (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:54AM
- Maltron by Lowpass (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @07:58AM
- KINESIS! Definitely! by kinesis (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:21AM
- Microsoft keyboard by JamesKPolk (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:18PM
- Dvorak by JamesKPolk (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:26PM
- Dvorak on NT/98/95/CE/DOS by spooge (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @11:31AM
- Microsoft keyboard by ChrisMul (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:17PM
- Keyboards to the rescue! by Weasel Boy (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:35AM
- Looks like Kinesis at 2x price by st. augustine (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @05:21PM
- Almost never by st. augustine (Score:1) Thursday February 25 1999, @06:59PM
- It's not just the keyboard by sjmadsen (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:34AM
- M$ Keyboards, Ad for PCs for Everyone by YeOldeGnurd (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:29AM
- get the Kinesis!!!! http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/ by doom (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:46PM
- Cherry G8-5000, marquardt by canavan (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:03PM
- Get the Old Microsoft Ergo Keyboard by InitZero (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:40AM
- all I can say is... dishwasher treatment by Haight6716 (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:58PM
- Ergo keyboards by juels (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:57AM
- CLICKY CLICKY CLICKY! by Brother (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @11:57PM
- Dvorak, but what about the punctuation keys? by TreyHarris (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @12:53PM
- Forget the ergo-keyboards by Skinka (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:41AM
- Keyboards by Null_Packet (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @07:59AM
- Keyboards by SoftwareJanitor (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:19AM
- Wrist splints and PC Concepts SK-6000 by Sowbug (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:46AM
- Microsoft Natural Original by Natacado (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @05:07PM
- Good Posture + Breaks + Temperature by UltraVoid (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:20PM
- Old Microsoft Keyboards by rwash (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:12AM
- THIS is the BEST ergo-kb by Fizgig (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:38AM
- Dvorak by Fizgig (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:41AM
- Lexmark Keyboard -- Select-Ease is great! by ToyKeeper (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:57PM
- who manufactures MS' hardware? by Gumber (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @11:47AM
- You're gonna think I'm crazy, but ... by zeke (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @05:54PM
- Natural by rw2 (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:16AM
- You're gonna think I'm crazy, but ...(Apple kbd) by The Cheese (Score:1) Monday March 01 1999, @11:58AM
- Microsoft keyboard by Mr. X (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @07:57AM
- Maltron and Y2K by Cyberfox (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:02AM
- You're gonna think I'm crazy, but ... by Cyberfox (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:14AM
- Twiddler ?? by Tardigrade (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:08AM
- simple egro with touchpad by St.Fudd (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:47AM
- ergo keyboards by aleph0 (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:03PM
- Acer Futura by FJ (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:21AM
- Sun Keyboards - YES! by mysh (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @03:51AM
- LCD keyboards... (I wish) by mysh (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @07:53AM
- Microsoft Natural by Cochese (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @05:56PM
- You're gonna think I'm crazy, but ... by ebradway (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:44AM
- You guys are gonna kill me by mmoore (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @07:58AM
- The best ergonomics information sources by jdgeorge (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @11:23AM
- I have Kinesis and Acer Future... by mpp (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @06:59PM
- Love Those Nibs! by Ted Nitz (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:55AM
- Ergonomic Keyboards by rdooley (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @07:59AM
- get the Kinesis!!!! http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/ by elf (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:13AM
- Microsoft keyboard = Awful! by mlosh (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:35AM
- Kinesis is the only way to go... by otterboy (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:26AM
- keyboard ratings? by hackman (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:33AM
- Dvorak keymap by hackman (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:32AM
- keyboard ratings? by hackman (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:56AM
- Dvorak advocacy, here it comes! by mattyj (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:52AM
- Kinesis is the only way to go... by robj (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:51AM
- go for springy, low force keys with big overtrave by Mr. Light Touch (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @12:47PM
- Floating Arms Keyboard! by Tixer (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:46AM
- Darwin Smartboard by kingsqueak (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:55AM
- Darwin Smartboard by kingsqueak (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @04:36PM
- Dvorak on M$: No UK layout (moan) by Em (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @12:12PM
- MS keyboard Manufacturer by daich (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @04:54PM
- You're gonna think I'm crazy, but ... by COBOL (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @05:51PM
- How about the BAT keyboard. by jaymz99 (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @07:23PM
- Learn Dvorak, MS Natural (Elite even), Quake by Quigley (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @07:39PM
- IBM TrackPoint Keyboad by Gexo303 (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:18PM
- I've got 4... by Dr.Claw (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:44AM
- Keyboard isn't the only ergonomic factor by boomerang (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:29PM
- MS Natural 1.0 (the old one) by TheEck (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:48AM
- Maybe I'm from the dark ages by Songbird (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:07AM
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