Re: New Kinesis

I agree with you about the Kinesis function keys. A great pity they 
haven't improved them. I think the keyboard could do with a couple of 
extra regular keys too — one in each hand.

But remapping keys on the Kinesis is so easy you can afford to 
experiment and change your mind if necessary. I promptly moved the Esc 
key myself and put a rarely-used character key in its place.

Kim Bastin

Giles Orr wrote:
> I just received my Kinesis Advantage USB keyboard with single foot
> pedal.  I keep hitting "-" when I want enter - that's probably the
> worst problem right now.  But it's certainly not the only one.  Feels
> like you do everything with your thumbs!!  Credit to ergocanada.com
> for being very helpful on the phone and delivering quickly (although
> my landlord got the package, put it in his hallway, and left the
> country for a week ...).
> 
> I'm not entirely happy with Kinesis's decision to make the F-keys
> nasty squishy small keys, but a particular warning to vi users: they
> did the same thing to the Escape key.  Which you may have been astute
> enough to notice, but I wasn't.  (For those who don't know vi, vi
> users hit the Escape key quite frequently.)  I've always hit "Esc"
> without looking: it's right at the corner of the keyboard.  This is no
> longer going to be possible.  I'm thinking of remapping the keys to
> swap Esc and Delete - I rarely use Delete, and it has a very prominent
> position under the left thumb.  Anyone have thoughts on this?  Or
> anyone who's had to deal with this come up with a solution they're
> happy with?
> 
> My speed on a standard keyboard was ~65 wpm when I got the Kinesis.
> First test on the Kinesis ran about 35 wpm, already up to ~45 wpm
> after a bit of practise, so the transition - while jarring at first -
> is going pretty well.
> 



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