Keyboards Archive
Traditional keyboards were designed before ergonomics were a concern. Even the standard QWERTY keyboard layout is a design meant for typewriters not digital typing. Most keyboards are based on old concerns from old technologies and have never really bothered to factor in comfort. This is painfully obvious to everyone that spends more than a few hours at their computer each day. The stress on your …
Every computer comes with a keyboard these days, but most of the included boards are pretty low quality and will fall apart after even a little heavy use. The keyboards that come with computers are very durable and feature keys and switches that mostly used plastic designs for input recognition. Not only is this not very satisfying in a tactile sense, but it can provide …
If you’re using a desk that doesn’t have a built-in keyboard space, then you’re being robbed of valuable storage space, and potentially putting your wrists at danger. Human beings aren’t built to sit at a desk for hours each day. But we do, which is why one of the most common type of surgery in the United States is for carpal tunnel syndrome. Ergonomics is …
You might love your keyboard, but if it doesn’t have an adequate keypad. Maybe it has no keypad at all. Maybe you don’t need an entire keyboard for the kind of data input you have in mind. In any case, for people who do a lot of data entry, getting a good wireless numeric keypad can make a pretty big difference. Similar to comparing an …
If you work in an office, or any job that requires long hours on a computer, you know important trivial things like posture and wrist position can be. Over extended periods, bad posture and lots of typing can create lots of problems with your muscles and tendons. In the worst cases, these can lead to conditions that can gravely and permanently affect your well-being. For …
