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JB:


--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on March 20, 2005, 08:30:36 pm --- btw - I did try an ergo layout once... so i speak from experience.  Many others will tell you the same, based on the same.


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Problem with ergonomic keybaords is they're slanted for a specific SIZE of hand.
Diffrent people need diffrent slants to actualy be ergonomic, instead of just looking funny.

Xiaou2:

jb - i was refering to an ergo control panel button layout i built long ago.  Not a keyboard.

 Same as posted, layed the fingers in a line on paper and drilled to match.

  Major problems with missing the buttons or hitting the edge of the button instead of the middle.... so scrapped it.


Xiaou2:


 btw - if you were really going to go 'ergo'   youd place the joystick at a 45 degree angle to match your arms line direction - which would ease the wrist strain....

  And why dotn you see that done much?   Because the same situation.   
You end up thinking that up is Up and not at a 45 degree up.    So you end up pressing up+left instead of up.

   

TalkingOctopus:

After logging many many hours on both configurations, I don't really think it matters either.  I too am undecided.  I would probably just go with the ergo version of the street fighter layout -- the one with the middle buttons (2 and 5) a bit higher than the others.

cholin:

Somebody said here a little while back to look at your fingers when you type.  When you rest them, they're in a straight line, which is natural to you.  Therefore, although I agree it looks crappy, you should use straight buttons for more compatability.

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