Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 22:23:55 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD keyboard Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.960718221437.4099B-100000@Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199607181501.RAA25499@allegro.lemis.de>
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On Thu, 18 Jul 1996, Greg Lehey wrote: > conditions under which she worked, I'm not surprised. My question, > which still hasn't been answered to my satisfaction, is: "Is the new, > funny-looking Microsoft keyboard ergonomic?". Yes, for some people. The whole point of ergonomics is designing the tool to fit the human; humans come in all shapes and sizes so the MS keyboard will not be the solution for everyone. However, I'd venture to say that for a very large number of computer users, it is at least an improvement over the standard issue PC keyboard, although for some the improvement may not be very dramatic, or even worthwhile. > > http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~dwallach/tifaq/ > > Reading the Web costs me an arm and a leg. Is this the FAQ that goes > through news.answers? Probably, although the web version has pictures of the keyboards (to the tune of ~700k on one page). > straight rows of keys. I've done some experimentation, and I find > that curved rows would make more sense. And you can buy such keyboards, but (unfortunately) they are expensive. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fallout.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ================
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