Comment by brianpan
2 days ago
Like a person playing the piano.
If your arms are resting, then your fingers and wrists are doing the maximum amount of reaching as you type. If you use a wrist rest you are encouraging your fingers/wrist to reach up (bend in your wrist) instead of neutral or reaching down (more natural position).
Exactly this. When I was young I was told to practice the piano with golf balls under my palms to maintain proper wrist position.
Like the people who generally get rsi from playing their instrument?
> Like the people who generally get rsi from playing their instrument?
If you get RSI playing the piano then you had a shit piano teacher.
Straight wrists is good, but hovering like a pianist is not good for extended computer use.
> but hovering like a pianist is not good for extended computer use.
Why ?
If you were taught piano by any teacher worth their fee, then your position is natural, effortless and your wrists are limp without tension.
Exactly the same position as an ideal computer keyboard position.
Piano position is the best keyboard position. Your fingers are doing the work.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone type like this.
Huh, seriously? Have you ever worked in an office? Perhaps your mental picture of what op is describing might be misaligned? I just always assumed it was a rarer/ more disciplined style some people had