OT: Need a keyboard recommendation. Low Force Keys and maybe Ergonomic

On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:19:49 GMT, DaveJohnson12@nomail. wrote:

>On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:44:30 -0500, me@privacy.net wrote:
>
>>DaveJohnson12@nomail. wrote:
>>
>>>>I'm using a Microsoft Comfort curve right now and have
>>>>always thought its TOO wide cause it makes me keep the
>>>>mouse at too much of a right angle to my body!!
>>>
>>>I'm going to try that one out tomorrow. It may be just what I'm looking for
>>>or as close as I'm going to get. I tried some other MS curved keyboards today
>>>and they were good except that they were wireless and I want wired.
>>
>>Well I'm going to take back what I said abt the Comfort
>>Curve! I measured it and its really only 18.5"
>>wide...so that's not out of line with your needs at
>>all.
>
>No that would be fine for me. I'd be happy to get one that length.
>
>>
>>In fact.... I like the comfort curve the more I use it!
>>Its inexpensive..... less than $20 in some places..and
>>seems well built and ergonomic!
>>
>>it is however a wired keyboard but that's what you
>>want.
>>
>>Id say give it a try!!
>>
>>If you do let me know what YOU think of it!
>
>I see it at Walmart for a little over $15. A bargain if I like how the keys feel.
>I'll go there within the next few days. I'll tell you what I think when I try it. Thanks.

I tried the Comfort Curve. The keys were kind of hard to press so I didn't get it.
I ended up getting the MS Media 3000 keyboard. The keys are relatively easy to press
and the keystrokes are short. There are things I don't like. ;-) The keys dont stick up out of the
keyboard very much like on a regular keyboard. I think they stick up about a quarter of the distance
of keys on ordinary keyboards. This makes it hard to find some keys without looking for them, e.g.
the escape, arrow keys, the 6 keys above the arrow keys (page up, page down etc.), control and alt.
Another thing that I think sucks is the function keys are tiny to make rooom for another row of keys
above them, you can't see the function key names and they aren't separated into groups. I'm sure
I'll never get used to the shallow keys so now I'm looking to replace my new keyboard. :-) Maybe a
Hewlett Packard business keyboard would do what I want.