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Ask HN: Any one handed hackers?
6 points by gexla on Feb 5, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments
Busted wrist, lot's of work to do and now I'm typing one handed. I'm wondering what other one handed hackers have done to be productive.

So far I'm very new to this and I have chosen to use the Dvorak right handed layout on a regular keyboard. It's painfully slow but I'm sure I will get better rapidly.

Windows sticky keys helps with things like caps which require holding down multiple keys.

Windows On-screen keyboard helps for being a reference when forgetting key locations.

I'm looking at using hotkey programs and remappings to make certain things easier.

Any other ideas?



Are you using the one-handed Dvorak layout? Because if you're not, there is one. You might find it helpful to use a short stroke laptop-style keyboard and/or a mini-keyboard with smaller keys. If you're willing to spend some cash, you have quite a few options. There's the http://www.frogpad.com/ a compact, one-handed keyboard. If you're investing for the long term, http://www.maltron.com/ make superb one- and two-handed keyboards with phenomenal ergonomics.


There are "chording keyboards". Searching on that may turn up some items of interest. Not cheap, though, which is why I never got around to paying to try one.




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