Keyboard Komplaints

By James Gaskin, NetworkWorld.com, 03/14/05

Where did all the ergonomic keyboards go? Was Carpal Tunnel Syndrome a fad that ran its course? Where the ergonomic keyboards a scam that didn't work anyway, so they've stopped making them? I don't think so, I think keyboard makers are getting lazy and neglecting customers.

And why do all the new keyboards screw up the arrangement of the Insert-Home-Page Up keys? We learned on keyboards with those three keys arranged horizontally, with Delete-End-Page Down keys below them. Why do you now arrange them as two keys across and three keys down? Why do that to us?

I guess I'm getting nervous because my Logitech NewTouch keyboard is wearing out (two or three books will do that to a keyboard) and I'm nervous about replacing it. No, Logitch no longer makes it. But at least you can buy older keyboards, often still new in the box, on eBay.

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