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Interesting suggestion to use Caps Lock for clicking, I never thought of that. Dragging / drawing, anything that requires precise movements while a mouse button is held down, puts a lot of strain on the hand. I like the idea of emulating the left click with a footswitch or a key such as caps lock, f...

Are there multiple versions of the alphagrip ? On the website here http://www.alphagrips.com/store/shopping.html it says about a NEW version with optical trackball. Does this mean that the version I see on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Alphagrip-AG-5-1-AlphaGrip-Ergonomic-Trackball/dp/B000O8AOO0/ is ...

Too big? It's not big, at all. It's way smaller than a standard 102-105 keyboard. I'm using mine at home and work for years, it's rare to hear a comment about it from a surprised co-worker, maybe once a year, and I get lots of visitors. I installed these Soft-Landing pads: http://elitekeyboards.com/...

Nope, it's rubber dome, however pretty good one. If you are looking for mechanical ergo keyboard, the Kinesis Advantage would be one to consider, here's the latest variant:

http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=748

itlnstln wrote:Over 3 bills for a keyboard and they use pad-printing with decal? For shame.

My first Kinesis, used heavily for 7 years has the decals intact. This keyboard is fantastic.

Kinesis Ergo, well known for the contoured, freestyle, and other keyboards, now has a special version of the contoured, the "Advantage LF" (linear feel) available for order. This keyboard uses the MX1A-L1DW (red stem) cherry switches, which are smoother and lighter than the standard brown (tactile) ...

Well, sure it puts the thumbs to use, but the thumbs are very strong, and very underused, so it's a good thing, because it relieves some of the other fingers, so the use of the hand is overall more balanced. I'm heavily using this kind of keyboard daily for the past 7 years, and I LOVE it.

Yes, you rest the hands on the keyboard when you pause typing, but when you are actually typing it's better practice to lift your hands a little bit. By the way, the wells help avoid angling your wrist upward, another bad thing for RSI, that this keyboard solves! Plus it puts your strong thumbs to u...

It's superb! I've been using these keyboards since 2004 because of RSI. But my newest one, with red MX cherry switches is unbelievably nice to type on. It's very smooth and gentle on my fingers, a real joy to type on.

another angle

Sure. If you try the stripes, please get some pics too. I think the home row should be a black row (due to the dark blue switches)

... or would stripes look better than checkers ?

They didn't exactly make a custom keyboard for me. They liked the idea, and made it into a specal order model that anyone can get. They even made labels for the new model, ie in the LED area (you can see it in the photo) it says: MPC USB/LF. By the way, I'm grateful to both Deskthority and Geekhack,...

Yes. Especially since the Kinesis has a configurable audible click (tiny loudspeaker), this works really nice in combination with the linear switches. You get the audible feedback, and the key stroke remains smooth as butter. I too wish there was a split keyboard with non-staggered layout. The uTron...

advantage_LF.jpg You might want to contact Kinesis directly of you are interested in soft linear switches instead of the default cherry MX Browns (soft tactile). Back in March, I asked Kinesis if they could make a model with red cherry switches. They listened, ordered switches from Germany, made ke...

150 vs 350 euros? That huge difference doesn't make sense, I would look for another dealer. In North America, fentek-ind.com for example sells the Kinesis for $269 (shipping is free). The TE is $199 + expensive shipping, so the cost difference is minimal. I think the TE would be especially good for ...

What do you find so desireable about the TE compared to say a Kinesis Advantage (also non-staggered, ergonomic, progrommable, MX switches) which exists and is readily available ?

Very nice, however the "wave" of the keys is too exaggerated, you are creating another "staggered keyboard" in a different dimension :-) The "wave" of the needs to be subtle, otherwise I believe it will create more trouble than benefit, especially when typing in the bottom two rows, as well as when ...