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  • MeanEYE@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Serious question: How do you type on flat profile without having your hands hurt? I could never get use to flat keys and spherical work the best.

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      1 year ago

      Not OP, but I also use flat keycaps, so I thought I’d chime in. I’m not really sure why your hands would hurt with flat keycaps, but one of the reasons I chose to use flats were to allow for easier chording with Plover.

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        1 year ago

        Well, I keep my keyboard laid pretty flat and typing on flat keys makes my fingers slip slightly which in turn causes me to hold my hands unnaturally.

    • Transient Punk@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      1 year ago

      I don’t know how to answer you exactly. My hands don’t hurt. Maybe it’s because of the combo of the ortholinear keyboard and the Dvorak layout causing me to move my fingers minimally.

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        1 year ago

        That could be it. Also mechanical keys probably play a role. I had a laptop with flat keys and within a week of use I had to start lugging my keyboard around with me.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah, I had a MacBook once with really flat keys and no travel when you pressed a key. After an hour of using it I felt like I had been typing on concrete.