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14 Jun 2003
I really should stop reading MacSlash. Not only do I have to wade through a lot of trolls, I see something ultra-cool and ultra-geeky and I want it—and be damned with the expense. Needless to say, I want one of these zero-force keyboard replacements from Fingerworks. I tried to find out if there are any resellers in the UK or elsewhere in Europe, and came upon this German site, which sells the iGesture Pad. I love the description:
Fühlen Sie sich wie Tom Cruise in Minority Report!
Now, I only did a year of German at school, and virtually all I remember is that the verb comes at the end, but I think we all know what that means. By coincidence, I've been getting a bit worried about RSI lately. I've started getting pains and nerve spasms in my hands. Yesterday, the little finger on my left hand kept twitching, and I ended up typing far too many 'a's. I wonder if I could wangle a Touchstream from the Occupational Health service at work?
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I rather enjoyed the story as well, thought it was very nifty! Hopefully we'll have MacSlash back up and running very soon, currently we're experiencing some migration-related troubles, as soon as we've got it all back working, come back and enjoy more of our stuff! I've really enjoyed your blog since discovering it on Dan Hon's linklist.
by Tom Bridge @ 16/06/2003 5:06 pm • Permalink •
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Thanks Tom! I noticed the migration, and I'll certainly be back for my tech fix as soon as the dust has settled.
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Not sure if you've read this article recently linked from Slashdot.
http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/924900.asp?cp1=1
I've always wanted to try a transferless and feedbackless keyboard after seeing one being used in, well, Hackers. I know that I enjoy using the lessened transfer that laptops keyboards give, but I realized that I grow tired after a while and end up prefering the textile feel of a regular keyboard. A touchboard is tempting, but I'd be afraid of eventually getting annoyed by it. I'd recommend learning the dvorak layout if you haven't already; my fingers feel much more relaxed when typing with that layout.----- That's an interesting article--I hadn't seen it. I have a feeling that almost any repetitive activity will cause musculo-skeletal problems. I suspect that this article is correct in that keyboard use isn't particularly bad from that point of view. I seem to remember that many skeletons from the neolithic period show bone abnormalities from using a quern to grind corn for hours on end. My twitches and pains could have any number of causes.
I still fancy one of those keyboards though
I'd feel a bit more confident about it if I could try it out for a fairly extended period though. As you say, it might be something that you never really get used to.
by bsag @ 15/06/2003 9:06 am • Permalink •