Do you raise your keyboard flaps for typing?

[brawnypandora0]

Does this 3/4 inch increase of height make any ergonomic difference?

[ki4jgt]

Sometimes. . . Sometimes not.

[uRock]

Yes.

[mmsmc]

everytime

[Windows Nerd]

Does this 3/4 inch increase of height make any ergonomic difference?

I don't know about ergonomics, but it puts the keys at the intended typing angle. Keyboards always seem sturdier too when they have the flaps down. I always have the flaps down. It messes me up otherwise because the keys are at a funny angle.

[nmaster]

maybe I type in a weird way, or maybe i've gotten too comfortable with a laptop, but putting the flaps up actually hurts my wrists :(

[mr_luksom]

I like it flat personally.

[piquat]

Not only do the flaps have to be down (keyboard raised) but my arms have to lay at a certain angle with NOTHING touching them. If a pen, glass of water, piece of paper, ect. is just touching my arms, it's nothing but error after error.

[handy]

The only flaps I mess with these days have to do with take off & landing...

Do you believe me?

[handy]

My eyes are about 5 feet or more from the screen. I always sit the keyboard on my thighs & the mouse is on the long chest of draws on my right hand side.

So keyboard flaps are always (if they even exist on some of the keyboards I use) not in use.

If for some strange reason I need to raise the back of the keyboard I will raise my ankles. :lolflag:

Flaps up/down = ankles up/down in this hanger.

[Rasa1111]

Yes.

+1

Always.

[handy]

I wonder what wonderfully stimulating topic will next arrive in the Cafe for us all to ponder & puzzle over?

[Sean Moran]

I've got the laptop here but use the external USB keyboard whenever I'm in the room to save wear and tear on the little Compaq. One flap broke but I stuck it back together with some heavy-duty plastic glue so now both flaps are set to lift up the keyboard.

Mainly just so I have somewhere to tuck all the extra USB cable under so my desk looks neat and from outside appearances I seem awfully well organised and must be doing something extremely important sitting here staring at the screen all day and night.
(It's all bluff)


I wonder what wonderfully stimulating topic will next arrive in the Cafe for us all to ponder & puzzle over?

How about the estimated payback-period of AAA nicad batteries and chargers over the standard pairs of dry-cell batteries in wireless mouses/mices? That's another one that keeps me awake at night in deep contemplation.

[Lucradia]

I use it because I have one of those Logitech solar keyboards. The sun from my window is better with the flaps raised.

[szymon_g]

i find the "standard" flaps a really unergonomic. when they are raised, wrists have to be kept in unnatural way. instead of "standard" flaps, located on the far side of keyboard, i prefer to have a near side of keyboard up (here is a photo http://www.ergonomicoffices.net/ergonomic-4000/ )- its really nice!

[mr_luksom]

I've got the laptop here but use the external USB keyboard whenever I'm in the room to save wear and tear on the little Compaq. One flap broke but I stuck it back together with some heavy-duty plastic glue so now both flaps are set to lift up the keyboard.

Mainly just so I have somewhere to tuck all the extra USB cable under so my desk looks neat and from outside appearances I seem awfully well organised and must be doing something extremely important sitting here staring at the screen all day and night.
(It's all bluff)



How about the estimated payback-period of AAA nicad batteries and chargers over the standard pairs of dry-cell batteries in wireless mouses/mices? That's another one that keeps me awake at night in deep contemplation.

Oh man - the sleepless nights wondering if I had made efficient use of my capital investing in NiCad's.

The stress got too much in the end - I went back to wired keyboards and mice. Some people just weren't born to live on the edge.:lolflag: