rambling about the ergonomics of my desk and possible changes to that
I am generally really happy with my Wacom tablets but I am standing here looking at my desk and the three inches between the edge of the tablet and the active sensing area and thinking about Ergonomics and wondering if I could get a different tablet with a smaller bezel to work as reliably.
But really I can just keep shoving the keyboard and tablet back and forth as I shift between "drawing" and "other uses" and it's fine, really; doesn't seem to be causing any low-level stress or strain. Especially since I can move my whole body around.
I am also looking at Fancy Keyboards and briefly pondering some insane setup with a split keyboard, with a meta key on the left one set to turn it into the right-side layout, so I could shove the right side out of the way and do everything in Illustrator as left-hand chords, and, again, I don't think this would actually really change anything for the amount of strain I put on my wrists and arms vs the amount of money and hassle it would take. I do sometimes think it would be nice to switch to a keyboard with some cute lavender LEDs or something, and maybe a cable instead of Bluetooth, but... eh. What I got works for a continued investment of zero time or money.
rambling about the ergonomics of my desk and possible changes to that
you would think I am stoned after a ramble like that but I am actually totally sober, shit
re: rambling about the ergonomics of my desk and possible changes to that
@anthracite I love my split keyboard for typing. It takes a little bit to get used to but after a while I've found it made me a lot more flexible about keyboards in general. Plus they are much more comfortable.
On that note, I'm once again reminded I really need to replace my desk with something lower in my home office. Working from home for a year has made my assorted hand/wrist/tendon problems worse and it is almost entirely because my home desk-chair set up is all wrong. :X
re: rambling about the ergonomics of my desk and possible changes to that
@anthracite Height makes such a huge difference in ergonomics.
re: rambling about the ergonomics of my desk and possible changes to that
@wobblewuffess
Honestly I think I just do not type enough to really need anything fancy. I don't touch-type so I don't have all the strains associated with that, my hands just wander around the keyboard, mostly with just two fingers and the thumbs doing the work.
But I also have made damn sure that my home desk has everything at the Right Height. Keyboard, drawing tablet, screen, all at the places least likely to fuck me up...