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2019-04-05
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orestis11:04:49

Typing for the first time on a mechanical keyboard (compared to a few years on an “old” Macbook Pro keyboard). Is it normal to feel wrist pain? I haven’t felt wrist pain for a very very very long time…

3Jane12:04:38

wrist position? you might need something to put under your wrists

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mpenet12:04:31

yeah it's typical either it's a low profile case or you need some kind of wrist rest

mpenet12:04:25

a wide book can be a good substitute if you don't have a proper wrist rest

mpenet12:04:56

personally I don't use one, the case is low'ish and I just don't rest my wrist on anything, my arms rest close to the elbows on the side of the table, essentially allowing me to type with "floating" hands kinda

orestis12:04:51

You’re right, I’ve realized that I was resting my wrists on the laptop itself, but now I was actually floating my wrists.

kenj16:04:34

In theory they are supposed to float to be straight at the wrist

lread20:04:57

@orestis I recently had wrist pain for the first time when learning emacs. I think all those combo key sequences were too much for my old self. I switched to evil mode and a Kinesis Advantage 2 keyboard. No longer have any issues with pain.

bherrmann02:04:30

Switched to Kinesis Advantage 2 about 20 years ago, when I was experiencing tendon pain... Have been pain free since...

lread12:04:55

Cool! Have you customized your keyboard layout very much over the years? As a newbie, the only thing I’ve changed so far is switching the caps lock with the esc key.

Eric Ervin20:04:01

quiet weekday on here

dominicm20:04:20

Which one was it though? ;)

mbjarland20:04:09

@orestis I have an identical experience. I can recommend the following keyboard: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B071LR18HC?psc=1&amp;ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_pd_title&amp;th=1 Short travel, mechanical, low profile.. best I found if you like the Mac laptop keyboards but want a mechanical one

orestis03:04:37

Looks interesting! Is it a clicky one?

orestis03:04:04

I actually do enjoy the MacBook keyboard (not the latest one, the previous model)

mbjarland07:04:55

Same here, they screwed the pooch with the latest incarnation. It's clicky, but just a little, not loud like a lot of mechanical ones are

orestis11:04:27

I’ll keep in mind, thanks!

hipster coder23:04:12

I used a wrist support. b12, methylcobolmain also helps