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From: tale@pawl.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Avoiding Wrist Damage when Typing
Message-ID: <1989Oct29.053546.5413@rpi.edu>
Date: 29 Oct 89 05:35:46 GMT
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In <6713@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
Peter> So *that's* why people started raising the monitor 6 inches
Peter> above the keyboard.

So *that's* why I became a good typist.  I'm not a home-row typist but
I'm pretty fast and don't have to look at the keyboard.  Now that I
think about it, it probably is related to the fact that the bottom of
the CRT in my monitor is 13 inches higher that desk level.

Incidentally, I don't feel as though I've ever had problems with my
hands or wrists, in spite of the fact that I spend so much time at the
keyboard.  Generally my keyboard is a little higher than waist height,
which seems to be good.  I also change my seating position frequently
enough to give it some variety.  At the moment the butt of the palm of
my left hand is resting on the desk and my right fore arm is resting
on my crossed leg at about an inch above keyboard height.  I should
move soon though because my foot is falling asleep.  Gronk.

Dave
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