Mini Keyboards Shouldn't Require 2 Hands
Mar. 3rd, 2021 12:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marjaerwinSo standard keyboards are way too big to operate with 1 hand. Going back and forth across that width is a recipe for rsi.
And 1-handed keyboards are way too dependent on key combinations. Also way too expensive.
So mini or compact keyboards can be a good compromise.
But lately there’s a tendency to remove navigation keys or even punctuation keys, and require function + arrow for navigation, or function + letter for punctuation.
And in the 1st place, function is at the far end of the keyboard, so you’d need to go back-and-forth across the full width, slowing typing, and causing rsi.
And in the 2nd, on some keyboards like Logitech ones, it doesn’t even work.
And in the 3rd, on some it does theoretically work, but somehow doesn’t support sticky keys. Are people supposed to bring a clamp to hold it down or something?
And 1-handed keyboards are way too dependent on key combinations. Also way too expensive.
So mini or compact keyboards can be a good compromise.
But lately there’s a tendency to remove navigation keys or even punctuation keys, and require function + arrow for navigation, or function + letter for punctuation.
And in the 1st place, function is at the far end of the keyboard, so you’d need to go back-and-forth across the full width, slowing typing, and causing rsi.
And in the 2nd, on some keyboards like Logitech ones, it doesn’t even work.
And in the 3rd, on some it does theoretically work, but somehow doesn’t support sticky keys. Are people supposed to bring a clamp to hold it down or something?
