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Good keyboard for programmers?

5 points| 11031a | 14 years ago |typematrix.com | reply

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[+] jdietrich|14 years ago|reply
The most important ergonomic feature of my keyboards is capslock being remapped to ctrl. If I have to stretch to reach a conventional ctrl key, I am in severe pain within a single working day. A good keyboard for ordinary users perhaps, but not developers.

Also, why put keys where I would naturally rest my palms?

[+] nathanb|14 years ago|reply
I personally will not even consider a keyboard which is not split (i.e. "ergonomic"), simply because after typing on one for the past decade I cannot go back to regular square grid keyboards without feeling as though something is horribly, horribly wrong.
[+] steverb|14 years ago|reply
Looks cramped to me, but I may have sausage fingers.

It also isn't an IBM Model M.

[+] ciupicri|14 years ago|reply
I have the same problem with some regular keyboards as well although I don't have thick fingers. Why are manufacturers making smaller buttons beats me.