It wasn’t necessarily uncomfortable, as long as I didn’t have it set too tight or too loose, wasn’t using a bulky one, and wasn’t using it in sweaty conditions.
Headlamp. In the past, sometimes I had used a headlamp. A bright screen would also contribute to night blindness (i.e., being temporarily unable to see anything that wasn’t brightly lit), and, when working outdoors, it would tend to attract insects. An extreme contrast between a bright screen and dark surroundings could also be uncomfortable to some eyes. As another possible aid, I could turn up the brightness on the display.
But that was not usually helpful for keys far from the home row. This post presents my exploration of solutions.įeeling Your Way. Of course, the Acer’s keyboard did have the standard tactile bumps on the J and F keys, and on the 5 key on its numeric keypad, to assist in blind orientation. Its keyboard was not backlit - that is, there were no lights in its letters, to help me put my fingers on the right keys in dark conditions. I had an Acer Aspire 5 A515-51-563W Core i5-7200U laptop.
