Sorry, now I created duplicate posts. Oh well, first try. Mainly because my hands are hurting more these days, and y’all seem to have a better way of doing things with a mech keyboard. Not so much what is wrong with it, but what is better that’s out there. Thanks
By switching to a mech keyboard leave you will indeed have more choice in the switches (more or less hardness, tactile versus linear, etc. ), which can indeed help preserving your fingers.
However, most causes of pain are due to other factors:
the way you sit (in particular related height wrt keyboard and screen)
mouse (type of mouse, position wrt keyboard, … )
the frequency of pauses at work
keyboard physical layout (less keys, with better placement, means less effort)
Since we are in a ergo keyboard community, naturally we would like to address the last factor in this list and suggest you small split keyboards with columnar layout (many examples in other posts, I will not cite any here!).
Such keyboards would make a much bigger difference than other suggestions already made in other answers to your post (which look too similar to your current keyboard), but they require some effort learning new habits.
Anyway, don’t neglect the other factors in the list: use an ergo chair, prefer a trackball to a regular mouse, keep it close to your typing position (easier with a small keyboard, or with a split, if the trackball is between halves), …
💯In addition to an adjustable chair, also get a height adjustable desk. And not one of these desks where you have to unscrew the legs. They are too much effort and you’ll never finetune it in the end. Get an electric height adjustable desk. It makes finetuning so much easier for getting the right wrist angle and it also allows you to use it as a standing desk.
Sorry, now I created duplicate posts. Oh well, first try. Mainly because my hands are hurting more these days, and y’all seem to have a better way of doing things with a mech keyboard. Not so much what is wrong with it, but what is better that’s out there. Thanks
By switching to a mech keyboard leave you will indeed have more choice in the switches (more or less hardness, tactile versus linear, etc. ), which can indeed help preserving your fingers.
However, most causes of pain are due to other factors:
Since we are in a ergo keyboard community, naturally we would like to address the last factor in this list and suggest you small split keyboards with columnar layout (many examples in other posts, I will not cite any here!).
Such keyboards would make a much bigger difference than other suggestions already made in other answers to your post (which look too similar to your current keyboard), but they require some effort learning new habits.
Anyway, don’t neglect the other factors in the list: use an ergo chair, prefer a trackball to a regular mouse, keep it close to your typing position (easier with a small keyboard, or with a split, if the trackball is between halves), …
💯In addition to an adjustable chair, also get a height adjustable desk. And not one of these desks where you have to unscrew the legs. They are too much effort and you’ll never finetune it in the end. Get an electric height adjustable desk. It makes finetuning so much easier for getting the right wrist angle and it also allows you to use it as a standing desk.