[aa-jv]

I'd love to find some authoritative papers on the subject but this is based on 40 years of experience with the subject of computing and RSI, and I have never had any reason to question it because it works for me and was the best advice I ever got from a physiotherapist: change your keyboard often and you'll avoid RSI.

It works, that's all I can say about it. RSI problems go away whenever I switch keyboard/mouse setups.

[ihateolives]

I'm in the same boat as you. I regularily switch between high and low keyboards, high and low profile mice, different keyboards/mice at work/home and in addition I switch between right and left handed mouse whenever I feel like it, sometimes even several times an hour. At one point I had two mice at on my desk and grabbed the one which hand was free at the moment. Never had RSI in my 30+ years of active computing though this doesn't prove anything, maybe I'm just lucky. But still, I find it quite liberating to not depend on your must-have setup.

I've reached the point where I can basically work with everything thrown at me. I have preferences, yes, but I'm not the type of person who has to have perfect setup or else nothing gets done.

[philote]

This has not been my experience at all. For me, I had hand and wrist issues until I stuck with an ergonomic keyboard (Kinesis Advantage2). It's been like 6-7 years now and I've had no problems since.

[n4te]

I've used an Imak Smartglove w/ Thumb for more than a dozen years. It helps a lot. Also a Kensington Expert Mouse, a keyboard tray, and a Steelcase Leap v2.

[n4te]

I just don't see how this prevents repetitive stress in any way.

[the_lucifer]

I’m guessing the key here is in the term itself. This avoids the repetitive-ness of it.