Comment by sp332
9 years ago
It's an awkward position for your wrists to be in. You can't touch the home row with most of your fingers and hit the digits comfortably at the same time. That means moving your hands a lot, which means touch typing is likely to go badly.
This awkward position has to do with the position of the keyboard relative to the shoulders (thus how the arms are positioned so the fingers reach the keys). There's nothing inherent in standing itself: just whether the desk set up positions the keyboard correctly. This is true whether standing or not. Standing versus sitting is mostly a difference from the waist down, is it not?
Edit to add: It appears my parent and I had different assumptions regarding the setup, which we cleared up below.
The thing inherent in standing is that you're higher up and the desk isn't. (Presumably this wasn't a height-adjustable desk.) So your arms are more extended, not in the standard orientation for touch typing.
Gotcha. I was assuming the desk is set up appropriately whether seated or standing. I think we're in agreement that improper environments are improper. :)
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