[geeks] Ergonomic keyboard styles

[Sridhar Ayengar]

nate at portents.com wrote:
>> and the contoured type with key-wells:
>> http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/advantage.htm
>
> Cherry MX Brown mechanical keyswitches, sadly not used much in ergo
> keyboards (most are cheap rubber domes).  The DataDesk SmartBoard uses Alps
> (or clones of Alps) mechanical keyswitches:
>
> http://www.datadesktech.com/desktop_sb.html

I've always hated these split ergonomic keyboards because they seem to 
want to dictate which hand I should be using to hit which key.  Makes my 
typing much slower.  I type 100+ wpm.  Anything which tells me that I 
can't move my hands across the keyboard will slow me down.

Peace...  Sridhar