this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2024
38 points (100.0% liked)

askchapo

22765 readers
426 users here now

Ask Hexbear is the place to ask and answer ~~thought-provoking~~ questions.

Rules:

  1. Posts must ask a question.

  2. If the question asked is serious, answer seriously.

  3. Questions where you want to learn more about socialism are allowed, but questions in bad faith are not.

  4. Try !feedback@hexbear.net if you're having questions about regarding moderation, site policy, the site itself, development, volunteering or the mod team.

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I'm looking to get one soon, but have no clue about them. Any ones you swear by?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] itappearsthat@hexbear.net 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

whatever you do don't listen to any medically illiterate nerds that say you should buy a flat slab keyboard. those should be illegal imo. if it isn't split/tilted you've just acquired a clacky torture instrument for your wrists. mechanical keyswitches are nearly irrelevant, ergonomic wise, compared to that. so if you're faced with the choice of a non-mechanical split/tilted keyboard like the goldtouch v2 or a mechanical flat slab keyboard pick the first one every time.

[–] wheresmysurplusvalue@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

You'd probably hate the Logitech MX Keys I use at work

[–] itappearsthat@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago

nightmare lmao

[–] glans@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

somebody at my job has something like this but with a touchpad instead of the numbers.

apparently the company hired an ergonomics specialist to come in and assess every single person and recommend the kind of input device they should use.

i am absolutely incredulous that there is any weird kind of hand or wrist where this is the best thing to use. it looks so incredibly uncomfortable.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

I am literally typing this on that exact keyboard at work, lmao.

[–] sir_this_is_a_wendys@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago

Thanks for the advice!

[–] btfod@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago