Re: Keyboard news

"r.sherriff" <[email protected]> Sun, 08 Apr 2012 09:55:30 -0000
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I'm thinking on the same lines. Was learning Dvorak (very intuitive and a l=
ot faster than Qwerty), but decided the best bet for me (for non home reaso=
ns} would be Qwerty with an ergonomic keyboard.  If I was writing a novel, =
Dvorak would for me, be the way to go.

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--- In [email protected], "marzolian" <marzolian@...> wrote:
>
> Hi, Giles. Glad to see that there's still interest in the group.
>=20
> I have most of what I like in a keyboard. For both home and office, I use=
 a MS Natural Elite keyboard with a Wow-Pen Joy mouse. I am a big fan of th=
e contoured keyboard; to me it was a much bigger improvement than the Dvora=
k layout. When I sit at a flat keyboard or use a regular mouse it feels wro=
ng, or twisted.
>=20
> I tried Dvorak (for a few months in the last millenium) but I had lots of=
 trouble switching back and forth (was working short-term assignments where=
 I couldn't switch). Also annoying was the Ctrl-X / C / V assignments. For =
that reason, I would consider Colemak, maybe, one day.
>=20
> I think my ideal keyboard would be ergonomic, in the style of the Natural=
 Elite, with a cursor device such as a J-mouse (no touch pad) in the middle=
 of the keys, or something like a Rollermouse below the space bar. I like t=
he buckling spring action, but not the noise. And I wish somebody would mak=
e an ergo keyboard without the leftward slant. The right hand's fairly comf=
ortable, actually, it's just the left side.
>=20
> Thinking farther out, I would like to try something like a data glove -- =
where my fingers would twitch but not have to touch a physical keyboard. Bu=
t I have been waiting for that for about 15 years, and it ain't happening y=
et.
>=20
> Cheers,
>=20
> Steven Marzuola
> www.techlanguage.com



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      <p>I'm thinking on the same lines. Was learning Dvorak (very intuitive and a lot faster than Qwerty), but decided the best bet for me (for non home reasons} would be Qwerty with an ergonomic keyboard.  If I was writing a novel, Dvorak would for me, be the way to go.<br>
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--- In <a href="mailto:altkeyboards%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a>, &quot;marzolian&quot; &lt;marzolian@...&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Hi, Giles. Glad to see that there's still interest in the group.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I have most of what I like in a keyboard. For both home and office, I use a MS Natural Elite keyboard with a Wow-Pen Joy mouse. I am a big fan of the contoured keyboard; to me it was a much bigger improvement than the Dvorak layout. When I sit at a flat keyboard or use a regular mouse it feels wrong, or twisted.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I tried Dvorak (for a few months in the last millenium) but I had lots of trouble switching back and forth (was working short-term assignments where I couldn't switch). Also annoying was the Ctrl-X / C / V assignments. For that reason, I would consider Colemak, maybe, one day.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I think my ideal keyboard would be ergonomic, in the style of the Natural Elite, with a cursor device such as a J-mouse (no touch pad) in the middle of the keys, or something like a Rollermouse below the space bar. I like the buckling spring action, but not the noise. And I wish somebody would make an ergo keyboard without the leftward slant. The right hand's fairly comfortable, actually, it's just the left side.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Thinking farther out, I would like to try something like a data glove -- where my fingers would twitch but not have to touch a physical keyboard. But I have been waiting for that for about 15 years, and it ain't happening yet.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Cheers,<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Steven Marzuola<br>
&gt; www.techlanguage.com<br>
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