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by d4rkp4ttern 1117 days ago
I use a MacBook Pro and I developed left shoulder issues. Sounds silly but I am thinking it could be due to heavy use of double keys like Cmd-tab, shift+ for upper casing. I unconsciously avoid typing the colon (:) and write (-) instead where applicable, like in “about this — “ instead of “about this:”, because this feels less painful. Not sure if I am just an example of 1 here

I also think the issue could be the mushy MacBook Pro keys. Not sure how to articulate this, or whether this is a known issue, but these mushy keys over time seem “painful” to use. However my problem with switching to non mushy mech kbs was that I had to always reach for a mouse or trackpad. The convenience (and ergonomics?) of the trackpad under the thumbs is great and normal mech kbs loose that.

So I am now going to try the UHK V2 split keyboard with a trackball module.