Peripherals Ergonomic/Dvorak/Pinkie Friendly Keyboards

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  1. sotu1

    sotu1 Ex-Modder

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    Hi guys,

    I'm on the hunt for a new keyboard. Basically I use my left pinky on the CTRL button a lot (gaming and daily work) and I'm now feeling the effects of RSI/Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in that finger.

    Does anyone know any other alternatives to the QWERTY keyboard or a way to save my little finger from being broken by the age of 30?

    Ta!
     
  2. Burnout21

    Burnout21 Is the daddy!

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    Make me smile to see Dvorak, I don't use it myself but I tend to use it more as a prank in the office.

    Set Dvorak, then set system language to Russian. This is the utter last resort to kill all other pranks played on me.
     
  3. GeorgeStorm

    GeorgeStorm Aggressive PC Builder

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    You could reassign the key maybe?

    What keyboard do you currently use?
     
  4. Lance

    Lance Ender of discussions.

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    What about a HHKB lite?

    It has control where CAPS is, and caps is a fn tab, that way you don't use your pinky so much.
     
  5. sotu1

    sotu1 Ex-Modder

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    Problem is I also use my pinky for shift, cut and paste short cuts...everything. My pinkie does a lot of work! so basically It's getting knackered out. I need to stop using it altogether! I'd prefer it if the space bar was divided up into space, shift, alt and ctrl and put my thumbs into a bit more use....
     

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