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This is something I have always wanted to know. Does anyone know if any keyboard manufacturer make a keyboard with the NumberPad (and the arrow keys area for a bonus) on the left of the keyboard? It just seems more ergonomic to me. With most people being right-handed, there is too much distance between using the mouse and keyboard letter keys.
When appropriate (like gaming and graphical design), I like to keep my right hand on the mouse at all times and having a more shorter natural distance between the hands would be more ergonomic. And if switching between mouse and keyboard by the right hand is needed, the shorter distance would be more ergonomic.
In other words, it seems the mainstream standard keyboard better fits a left-handed person who uses the mouse on the left side of the keyboard. Curses to the original designers. Just my preference.
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The Microsoft Sidewinder X6 has a removable numpad that can be placed on the left and right hand side.
All the numpad keys can be used as macros as well - so for graphical design this might be useful?
Apart from that, probably a USB keypad or something similar will have to do.
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I don't think so. If you actually can break the part loose, you still get the right part of all the other keys as well. It'd be a mess.
It's a good question though. I basically never use the numpad just because it's so time consuming to move the left hand over there, and if you wanna use your mouse hand, your basically a sitting duck... figuratively speaking.
Edit: never mind. You might actually be right. I didn't look closely enough. It seems like you can place the num pad wherever you want.
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I use a tenkeyless and have an external numpad which I put on the left.
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I never saw a keyboard with the number pad on the left side, but there are separate number pads and keyboards without the number pad. With both from the same manufacturer, it could probably still look good on your desk (same design for both keyboard and number pad). + Show Spoiler +Separate number pad and keyboard from Filco as an example: ![[image loading]](http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard_images/filco_keypad_small.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard_images/filco_tenkeyless_brown_small.jpg)
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Sidewinder X6 has that feature, go get it, now.
btw, its the keyboard VT.Torch used, not sure if he still uses it...My little brother has it and increased his apm to 200, apparently smaller hands fit better in that style of keyboard...
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Hyrule18923 Posts
You can buy USB numpads (usually meant for use with a laptop) and just put it on the left. This is probably better used with a tenkeyless board.
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You could also use a TypeMatrix which has a built-in numeric keypad with a Fn key (like laptops) but since the keys are actually in columns, it's almost as good as a keypad.
So you can still use it with your right hand, but it has the same keyboard-mouse distance as if it didn't have a keypad.
Look at the (5) circle thingy.
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Hyrule18923 Posts
That keyboard is awful in every way I can think of.
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On April 07 2011 01:03 tofucake wrote:
That keyboard is awful in every way I can think of.
Hell, I'm pretty sure it's awful in ways I can't think of. There's nothing good about laptop keyboards, then add a non-standard layout, and make it a desktop peripheral! It actually makes my brain hurt.
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EPT![[image loading]](http://iluvpress-start.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/sidewinder-x6.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://www.typematrix.com/style/img/tmx-2030_features.png)
