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I wonder what issues they ran into with using the entire keyboard as a mouse.
by dandersch 10mo ago
I wonder what issues they ran into with using the entire keyboard as a mouse.
- psKama 10mo agoSame, looks like an amazing idea.
- hiq 10mo agoI'm assuming it's too heavy and has too much contact surface (so more friction), making it too hard to glide smoothly. There's probably something with the position of the hand when you move the mouse as well. At least I seem to be moving mostly the wrist when I use my mouse, meaning that my hand and forearm are not always aligned; without this alignment, I feel there's more strain on the wrist when typing.
- fragmede 10mo agomy imagined device has the hand a bit more vertical, which would give more leverage for moving the device around. Could you do a thing with magnets where you have a special mousepad as well with the pad being all one pole pointing up and the device the same pole pointing down? Also my imagined device would not need the full keyboard, just the full right side of a qwerty keyboard.
- msephton 10mo agoI'd also guess fatigue. Pushing around that huge thing constantly
- egypturnash 10mo agoPut keyboard in perfect ergonomic position on the desk, move mouse, now the keyboard's in a terrible ergonomic position. Also you have to keep a much bigger area clear for it.
- jolmg 10mo agoI imagine it's uncomfortable to grip since you need to be careful to not press a key doing so. Since you can't rely on fingers much for grip, you could put more force pressing downward with your wrist but that would also add friction with the table. Mice are small enough that you can fit your hand around it, but a keyboard is large and flat.
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