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From: Tony Finch on 28 Jul 2010 11:41 flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com (Flavio Matani) wrote: > >I have, but fail to see the point... kind of understand it on the >wireless keyboard, which needs to be compact and movable, but not on the >wired one. Small keyboards are better ergonomically since they allow you to put the mouse more directly in front of your arm. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot(a)dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE: SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY VEERING NORTHERLY OR NORTHWESTERLY 3 OR 4, INCREASING 5 AT TIMES. SLIGHT, OCCASIONALLY MODERATE. OCCASIONAL RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD.
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 28 Jul 2010 11:45 On 28 Jul 2010 16:41:40 +0100 (BST), Tony Finch <dot(a)dotat.at> wrote: >flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com (Flavio Matani) wrote: >> >>I have, but fail to see the point... kind of understand it on the >>wireless keyboard, which needs to be compact and movable, but not on the >>wired one. > >Small keyboards are better ergonomically since they allow you to put >the mouse more directly in front of your arm. Depends on your position. I keep my keyboard over a foot away from the front edge of the desk, so there's plenty of mousing room between the two. The width of the keyboard makes no never mind. This also gives me more room to practice my left-handed mousing. Cheers - Jaimie -- 'Rings! Rings! Wherever they may be I am the Lord of the Rings,' said he 'And I'll find them all, wherever they may be And I'll bind them all in the dark,' said he -- Kevin Ahearn
From: Jim on 28 Jul 2010 11:53 On 2010-07-28, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: >> >>Small keyboards are better ergonomically since they allow you to put >>the mouse more directly in front of your arm. > > Depends on your position. I keep my keyboard over a foot away from the > front edge of the desk, so there's plenty of mousing room between the > two. The width of the keyboard makes no never mind. > > This also gives me more room to practice my left-handed mousing. Fnarr. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: SM on 28 Jul 2010 11:53 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-07-28, Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > You can still buy the USB keyboard without numeric keypad ("Apple > >> > Keyboard") as a separate item. > >> > >> I hadn't realised they did one, I've never seen one in the flesh. > >> > > > > I have, but fail to see the point... kind of understand it on the > > wireless keyboard, which needs to be compact and movable, but not on the > > wired one. > > What _I'd_ like is a full-sized wired keyboard, but instead of the > numeric keypad it has the Magic Pad built in. > > That would rock. No, it would tingle. Stuart -- cut that out to reply
From: Sara on 28 Jul 2010 11:55
In article <62k056t8knv5vslltk38974cd2b7ldd13q(a)4ax.com>, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On 28 Jul 2010 16:41:40 +0100 (BST), Tony Finch <dot(a)dotat.at> wrote: > > >flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com (Flavio Matani) wrote: > >> > >>I have, but fail to see the point... kind of understand it on the > >>wireless keyboard, which needs to be compact and movable, but not on the > >>wired one. > > > >Small keyboards are better ergonomically since they allow you to put > >the mouse more directly in front of your arm. > > Depends on your position. I keep my keyboard over a foot away from the > front edge of the desk, so there's plenty of mousing room between the > two. The width of the keyboard makes no never mind. > > This also gives me more room to practice my left-handed mousing. > I do a lot of number work, a number pad is a big advantage. -- Sara Run out of ideas for a sig for the moment |