Does anyone know of a left-right symmetric keyboard?

Question

in a standard keyboard, the homerow and bottom row are aligned horizontally by about half the size of the key. therefore, they are symmetrical for the left and right hands. but the home row and toprow are offset horizontally by about a quarter of the size of the key. therefore they become asymmetric for the positions of the left and right hands, when the fingers extend to the upper row, I think this is a relic from heredity.

Is there an accessible keyboard without this asymmetry?

Answer 1

check this out: http://www.trulyergonomic.com/ I think this keyboard really makes good use of the idea of ​​symmetry. However, it will be released soon. About the bias, the reason is that it has come a long time ago, with mechanical machines like ... There is no serious reason, but people just get used to it.

Answer 2

The Solutions section has some great symmetrical keyboards here . From the same author, here is a list (with illustrations!) Of some other attempts at symmetric keyboards, some of which have no bias.

Answer 3

Have you seen the typematrix keyboard?

I believe that I saw that the layout you are describing is called “complex” because the keys are stacked on top of each other, not offset. Apparently, this company calls it a "matrix" design. They also have few images showing the difference:

Spaced columns
Enhances unbalanced movements that strain fingers, hands and wrists.



Vertical columns
Reduces movements that cause repeated voltage damage (RSI).

Why have you ever willingly used anything other than Model M outside of me. :-)

Answer 4

Many non-offset keyboards are available, here are a few from one company: http://www.chestercreektech.com/keyboards.html

I tried typing on keyboards without bias, and it's hard. You may be surprised.

Some keyboards are very different: http://www.frogpad.com/

I would like to try, but I do not suspect that I can get used to it.