<story><title>The Workman Keyboard Layout Philosophy (2010)</title><url>http://workmanlayout.org/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>deno</author><text>Sit up straight (fix your posture) and stop gluing your wrists to the desk or wrist “support” and the layout doesn’t matter unless you’re going for typing records.&lt;p&gt;There is no magical layout that can eliminate the tension you’re artificially creating by stretching your fingers into unnatural positions instead of just moving the entire hand.&lt;p&gt;What healthy typing looks like (on a horrible keyboard no less): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=Vs2B5XRtr6k&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=Vs2B5XRtr6k&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Imagine you tried playing a piano the way you type on your keyboard: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=InqmH-o1cX0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=InqmH-o1cX0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The pain is letting you know you’re doing something wrong.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>brandonmenc</author><text>Agree with you in general - that adjusting your body, and not your keyboard, is the fix - but not necessarily the specifics.&lt;p&gt;The most important fixes imo are:&lt;p&gt;- Neutral angle wrists (elbows flared so that it&amp;#x27;s a straight line from the elbow to the fingertips, i.e. no wrist &amp;quot;yaw&amp;quot;)&lt;p&gt;- Monitor at eye-level&lt;p&gt;- Forearms parallel to the ground&lt;p&gt;- Feet planted on the floor&lt;p&gt;afaik slouching takes pressure of the lumbar vertebrae, but neither that nor sitting up straight is uncomfortable for me, and I arbitrarily alternate between the two. Also, arms resting on the desk doesn&amp;#x27;t bother me.&lt;p&gt;I find it nearly impossible to work on a laptop for any length of time, mostly because of the monitor-at-eye-level requirement. Speaking of, an adjustable monitor arm is the best investment you can make. I use the Humanscale M2.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Workman Keyboard Layout Philosophy (2010)</title><url>http://workmanlayout.org/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>deno</author><text>Sit up straight (fix your posture) and stop gluing your wrists to the desk or wrist “support” and the layout doesn’t matter unless you’re going for typing records.&lt;p&gt;There is no magical layout that can eliminate the tension you’re artificially creating by stretching your fingers into unnatural positions instead of just moving the entire hand.&lt;p&gt;What healthy typing looks like (on a horrible keyboard no less): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=Vs2B5XRtr6k&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=Vs2B5XRtr6k&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Imagine you tried playing a piano the way you type on your keyboard: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=InqmH-o1cX0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=InqmH-o1cX0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The pain is letting you know you’re doing something wrong.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tjoff</author><text>It is natural to statically lift your arms like that for hours upon hours?&lt;p&gt;Where one places the support is important, but I&amp;#x27;ve seen conflicting statements whether lifting your arms would be beneficial.&lt;p&gt;I have not yet seen the piano video but a piano is much bigger than a keyboard and I see tons of reasons as to why whatever works for one doesn&amp;#x27;t necessarily have to work for the other.</text></comment>