Buy Evoluent Mouse-Friendly Keyboard (KB1)Evoluent Mouse-Friendly Keyboard (KB1) Product Description:
- Eliminates stretching your arm to reach the mouse by having the numeric keypad on the left
- Reduces the need to remove your hand from the mouse by allowing your left hand to operate Enter Del Page Up Page Down arrows and other keys in the numeric keypad on the left
- Allows your right arm to be in a relaxed neutral position when using the mouse
Product Description
The general layout of the standard keyboard was designed before the introduction of the mouse. Since number entry was one of the primary functions of the keyboard at that time, having the numeric keypad on the right side made sense. Nowadays, most users use the mouse far more than the numeric keypad, so the keypad now occupies the space where the mouse should be. The Evoluent Mouse-Friendly Keyboard has a more sensible layout with the numeric keypad on the left so your mouse may be much closer on the right.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Good solution but for one little thing
By Bill
I bought this because of arm and neck strain from many hours of intensive keyboarding and mousing during magazine production.This keyboard does allow a far more natural working position with the mouse and its nice and low so you don't have to lift the wrists much.One thing that drove me crazy was the unwanted 'feature' of the extra delete key right between the spacebar and the alt(pc)/command(mac) key. Its way to easy to delete work if you are used to using keyboard commands in say photoshop or indesign. This cost me a lot of work till I pulled the key off with a screwdriver and put in a blank piece of rubber.I've now gone for an apple wireless keyboard with no numeric keypad as it sits even lower. Apart from the extra delete key the Evoluent keyboard is a fine product though, I really cant understand why everyone puts up with the standard keyboards.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
This is a great concept, but a shoddy, impossible-to-clean implementation
By N. Lindner
Take home message:This keyboard's design makes it a bad purchase for anyone who (a) is a touch-typist who relies on the F-keys and the Home / End / PgUp / PgDn being where they typically or (b) has EVER needed to clean a keyboard (e.g., will eat anywhere near their keyboard or has small children).Explanation:I own this keyboard and the Kensington SlimBlade Media Keyboard, so I've had time to try out two designs that move your mouse hand closer to the keyboard. I love the idea of a detachable or left-sided numberpad, but this keyboard's layout is based on a nonstandard "mini" keyboard layout. The Home / End / PgUp / PgDn keys are rearranged, and it's hard to distinguish between the F-key row and top number row without looking down. The nonstandard layout differs from that of my laptop and work computer and I use these keys frequently, so the layout is utterly frustrating.This keyboard is very slim and feels like typing on laptop keys. It's the laptop-style key mechanism that ruins both this and the Kensington keyboard for me. I'm not a hardware expert, but the keyboard appears to use a scissor-switch key mechanism. That is, if you pry up a key, you'll see that it's attached with a pair of prong-y clips that must be angled together: there are 4 small tabs that fit into the back of each key, with 4 more that stick into recesses in the keyboard and a sponge-y rubber dome that sits in the middle of the tabs.It is a nightmare to clean because of several related design bugs...I mean "features". Here's why I gave up on this keyboard after a few weeks of frustration:1. The spacing between the keys is wider than is typical of laptops, so it QUICKLY accumulates crumbs and detritus2. The "slim" (not very tall) keyboard design means that even the smallest of crumbs will block the keys from descending all the way or springing back up (I have an ongoing problem with the shift key sticking for multiple keys when I try to capitalize something).3. The keys are hard to pry off, and the scissor-switch tabs are difficult to fit back together and into the many crevices that hold the tabs in place. Should you be foolish enough to spray compressed air between the keys, every single crumb will appear to wedge itself tightly into one of those crevices.Rather than spending (a Ulysses S. Grant) on this wired keyboard, I'd recommend trying a basic "mini" keyboard whose layout corresponds to any other keyboards you use. Mini keyboards typically drop (or require a function key to use) the numberpad, but this keyboard's numberpad isn't easily accessible anyway. If you want a left-handed keyboard, then the Ergoguys wired left-handed keyboard is cheaper. As for me, the next keyboard I try will be the A4 Tech GKS-2570 media keyboard which is wireless, looks to have a more standard key layout, and is currently cheaper than this Evoluent keyboard.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Very nice keyboard, left hand number pad good with CAD
By Beau-Tech
In the past I made my own left hand keyboard layout by using a laptop USB number pad on left side of my keyboard. This keyboard has a nice touch and takes up less space. I do CAD work and operate the keyboard with my left hand and the mouse with the right.
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