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Being a programmer, I type a lot and I suffer from Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) and tendonitis on my wrist. I’ve tried many different ways to help make it better. One way to do this is to switch to a different keyboard layout other than QWERTY. QWERTY was supposedly designed for typewriters to solve a very specific problem–to keep the types from jamming against each other. The most frequently used keys were placed apart from each other to prevent them from jamming. This results in a non-ergonomic layout. However, there are alternatives.

Workman Keyboard Layout The Workman Keyboard Layout Philosophy By OJ Bucao, September 6, 2010 Introduction The Problem with Colemak Back to the Drawing Board Introducing the Workman Keyboard Layout Pros and Cons Key Usage Visualization Tests Using Popular Books Introduction Being a programmer, I type a lot and I suffer from Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) and tendonitis on my wrist. I’ve tried many different ways to help make it better. One way to do this is to switch to a different keyboard layout other than QWERTY . QWERTY was supposedly designed for typewriters to solve a very specific probl

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