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I use a Yoga ball for my chair. Helps me to keep my back straight and strengthen my stomach/backs muscles.
If you try this, don't do it all in one day. Do a couple hours a day at first and ease into it.
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Don't know if this counts as ergonomic, but to counter the effects of RSI which I feel ever present lurking in my index fingers (both hands, as I swap from time to time in another effort to avoid it....) I wear fingerless gloves, and make sure there are NO drafts around my desktop. Probably not much help to those of you in warmer climes, but it really does help...
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I have 4 of them and they are always trying to act like wrist rests...
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Lucky you, my one only tries to act as carpet decorator 
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peterchen wrote: Lucky you, my one only tries to act as carpet decorator [Frown]
Lucky you, your cat comes home!  Mine eats in the whole neighbourhood and only comes home to sleep (but not every day ..)
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I've had problems with pain in the hands/wrists for a long time, but since I bought that MS keyboard, I'm a lot more health 
I've tried a lot of different keyboards over the years, and IMO it's the best on for us (developers).
Jeff Atwood (from CodingHorror) seems to share this opinion too.
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I have one "Natural keyborard" at work and one at home. I like them much. 
Optical mices are also very fine. 
Greetings from Germany
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That is why I use one; my hands insist upon it. I still use my original MS Natural Keyboard at home, but I am thinking of getting a new one, like I use at work, because for some reason MS changed the placement of the delete-key and insert-key on the original one, which still catches me off guard when I switch.
INTP
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...CListCtrl is NOT ergonomic. More like a torture device.
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If CListCtrl is a torture device... DirectShow-Filter programming was developed by the devil itself.
C<blink>+<blink>+ is the tentazione, and I'm the peccatore!
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...and Java is coded with pure evil.
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Look at the link in the optional answers. Looks like somebody has a different definition of 'ergonomic'
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Hot damn, gotta get me one of those!
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My desk lifts so I work standing for half the day, it's awesome.
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What criteria need to be met so the equipment counts as "ergonomic"?
I feel rather comfortable in my chair, the TFT display is at the right height, the mouse has a rather good form so that my fingers don't hurt - but is all this ergonomic?
regards
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If the product marketing uses the word "ergonomic" then it's good 
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That's pretty much what I do every day.
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Do you .. work at home?
I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ~Stephen Roberts« eikonoklastes »
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The proper question would probably be: Is he working at all? Or: Does he actually have a desktop workplace? Maybe he's a dancing instructor?
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Hello,
I don't use any of the above ergonomic stuff but I seriously thought about buying one of Microsofts ergonomic keyboards. At least it looks nice
But is it worth the buy? I am expecially asking about keyboards and mice.
Do you have experience with this? Could you please give me some hints?
Regards
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That may depend on how you type. I type one-handedly so an ergonomic keyboard isn't for me.
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http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Natural-Ergo-Keyboard-4000/dp/B000A6PPOK/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1213630169&sr=8-1[^]
Works so nice, I bought another for home. I used to have wrist problems from typing all day and now I haven't had them in the last year since I started using an ergonomic keyboard.
Plus the cool thing about this one is it has an attachment that creates an "inverted" slope for the keyboard so it slopes away from you. This doesn't work if your keyboard is directly on your desk, but if you have some sort of "drawer" or below-desk attachment for the keyboard then it is really comfortable.
Using an ergonomic keyboard does take a little getting used to, but it is so worth it.
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I'm using a trackball at work and saves my arm greatly. However I do take a lot of micro-breaks, so that helps a lot too. I even doubt if the trackball is really helping that much, however it does work better for me than a regular mouse.
I also have an ergonomic desk, but I think that is overrated, as the desk can't be changed in height without the help of the congierge.
WM.
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WillemM wrote: I also have an ergonomic desk, but I think that is overrated, as the desk can't be changed in height without the help of the congierge.
We have desks that can be adjusted in height with motors. They were (hearsay!) as expensive as desks without that feature.
These desks led to a whole culture of stand-up-meetings in our company. Great!
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