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João Carlos • Edited

Matias Mini Quiet Pro (the small one with awesome clicky keys, the FN button makes sense!!!!!) + Contour RollerMouse Red.

The smaller form factor of the keyboard will force your hands into a better position. The light touch will cause less stress but its also clicky so feels great. The rollermouse stops you reaching across to the mouse and use wierd positions repeatedly.

The padding on the mouse also forces your hands to be straight instead of the back of your palms sitting on the table.

Mousing becomes a two hand job, might sound wierd but after 5 minutes you will think: Why didnt I never knew this before?!

For quick actions:
Copy/paste/Single/Right/Double click are single clicks now and are done with the left thumb while your normal fingers sit on top of the keyboards keys as normal. The thumb is a big finger with strong muscles and in the right position for such actions unlike the Control/Shift/Alt buttons which cause your hand to twist.

Rolling around is done with your right thumb and its a bit slower but also more precise: selecting text and drag and dropping things for example is awesome.

For normal browsing you dont use your thumbs but instead rest your hands comfortably on top of the buttons and use the tip of your fingers with your hands in a comfortable closed position - as when you are doodling around in a meeting room touching the table.

The leather resting padding is soft enough to let your tendons have a softer surface but still move around freely - tried soft gel ones but they are too sticky and end up causing extra effort to move around and I'd often lift my hands and that causes extra stress.

For working its awesome but obviously wont work for gaming.