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study of designing equipment and devices that fit the human body, its movements, and its cognitive abilities (Wikipedia)

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Switching to a Standing Desk

At work I have a standard desk (4 legs, flat surface, you get the picture). For a while now I've been thinking about converting to a standing desk. What would be the best way to go about this on a limited budget? Are there some good…
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Suggestions for replacing a Microsoft Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000

My partner uses a Microsoft Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 (well actually, one that came with the keyboard and mouse combo...) and it's beginning to get weird on us (it drains batteries really fast, both good alkalines and rechargables). We'd…
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Development with a tablet, not a mouse

Lifehacker had a post a couple days ago asking people about the best mouse you've ever had and it appears some people have traded their mouse for a tablet. I'm curious if anyone here has traded their mouse in for a tablet? Does it work well for…
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Keyboards with the number pad in the middle?

I'm suffering from early RSI symptoms and am looking for a way to avoid injury. My physiotherapist has determined that the worst thing I seem to be doing is using my mouse at such a weird angle. The problem for me is, I keep my keyboard positioned…
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Inputting latex without RSI

I can't type latex on my laptop without sore hands. I use latex in org-mode to write math notes and my right pinky is always stretching for _, {, }, and \. Does anyone advice for typing large amounts of latex? Alternative input methods or touch…
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Good UI practice in Android, are there some sample code?

I read carefully the good UI practice from the Google Dev Blog; http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/05/twitter-for-android-closer-look-at.html and I found that they are right and twitter is an application that I really love for its User…
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Disabling adjacent meta keys in Emacs

I'd like to change some of my Emacs keyboard habits, as some of the keyboard shortcut combinations (typically starting with C-x, M-x, etc) I do one-handed and they involve uncomfortable hand movements. I'd like to change this behavior. However, as…
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What are the other j2me ergonomic technologies other than Polish and LWUIT?

Are there other ergonomic technologies in j2me other than j2me-Polish and LWUIT ?
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GUI design: disabling labels?

I couldn't find anything useful on the net to this question: Is it generally a good idea to disable labels on GUIs (forms etc.) or is it considered a blooper? I'm not talking about HTML specifically, just any desktop GUI toolkit. The question is, a…
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Autohotkey: re-map arrow keys

I'm trying to re-map the arrow keys to a combination of Alt-key to get them more centered on the keyboard. The problem is that I cant get the combination with shift to work (for selecting text while moving the cursor). This is a starting point: lalt…
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Is there any data supporting a correlation between carpal tunnels and using keyboard-heavy editors like Emacs or Vim?

I have some predisposing factors to developing carpal tunnel and would like to avoid it as much as possible. I do however want to use Vim or Emacs and I would like to learn from the experiences of others. Has there been any research showing either a…
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How do I minimize the use of same-hand keyboard fingering?

I have been trying to rid myself of the bad habit of key-chording in Emacs using only one hand. That is, for C-x I want to use my right pinky to hit the right-Ctrl and a left-hand finger to hit x. My question is how do I type efficiently in all…
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Swapping the hand holding the mouse : do you have a better idea?

Spending thousand of hours in front of my computer, ergonomics became quickly a main issue. For the monitor or the keyboard, technical solutions exist. But for the mouse, I never get used to the trackball and putting a little pillow under my wrist…
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Type annotations needed for none variant - ergonomics

I have a struct with a field 'payload' of Option where T can be one of several primitive integer types. Like so: pub struct Request { pub cmd: Cmd, pub payload: Option, a bunch of other fields... } When…
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Dactyl-ManuForm vs Kinesis Advantage 360

I am in the market for a split orthonormal ergonomic keyboard. I have an issue with my shoulder that gets worse when I type. I bought an Ergodox EZ and while I thought it was a definite improvement I ended up returning it. After doing more research…
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