>In fact, ergonomics is a big issue. I spent serious dollars a couple of years ago for furniture and then had a good friend who is a physical therapist help me configure it right. Major issues include having elbows sit on arm rests at the right height as well as having wrists supported.
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I agree. However, I think these are issues that reside outside the domain of an online forum...


>I've found through experience that I can type (Natural keyboard) pretty much all day without a problem, but when I switch back and forth from keyboard to mouse or just live on the mouse, my right hand gets quite sore because it doesn't get the support it needs.
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I am to the point that if it is not a Natural Keyboard, I run into problems. Not with CT mind you, just the layout itself. I remember when I first tried the NK. I did it as a goof because it looked so weird. In 15 minutes, I was hooked.

>I'm not using OzWin, as you'd have noticed if you'd read my message carefully. I'm using TapCIS. It's the last DOS application I use regularly.
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Andre uses OzWin. My appoligies for confusing your use of TapCIS with his use of OzWin. You know, we ought to run a poll here to see which sofware has provided the most years of continual service. You might just win!!

>First, the lines are only blurred for those who have a full-time connection available. I don't. I'm waiting for the phone company to get around to making DSL available to me but am in the unfortunate position of living equidistant (read: as far as possible) from two central offices.
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I do have the advantage of being exactly 1/2 mile from my CO. If there is one problem with DSL, it is proximity requirement to the CO.

>Even with a full-time connection, I don't want to have to search the full message-base to find information. I want to be able to cull the information to keep what's of interest to me. I don't know about you, but I can rarely find what I want in, say, MSKB. Having everything available to search from is _not_ a good thing and won't be until we have truly intelligent search agents.
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I don't know... I type in a search phrase and get a response within a few seconds. I really can't complain with the speed. I used to complain, but cannot anymore...