[PLUG] Time for a new keyboard.... (OT?)

Kyle Accardi sandbox at pacifier.com
Sat Aug 24 23:33:48 UTC 2002


AthlonRob wrote:

<...>

> It's got a fairly soft sound to it and the keys almost feel like they're
> padded... they don't stop so abruptly at the bottom of the stroke.  They
> take a little more force to push down, though, I think... so that might
> cause problems ... or might not.


Someone once told me--I've never researched this--that the reason that there 
was almost no carpal tunnel injuries with typewriters is because some force 
was required to press the keys and that the advent of "soft-touch" keyboards 
don't give your fingers enough excercise: muscular resistance.

--
Kyle Accardi






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