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Do you still use traditional computer keyboards at work or at home? Chances are you still do despite recent advances in technology that have not only shrunk the keyboard's size but also made it more ergonomic. Sadly, the importance of using mini keyboards is largely unappreciated. What a majority of people do not know is these miniature wonders will most likely save them from much pain and suffering in the future, and save valuable desk space while doing it.

To understand the advantages of using a mini keyboard over the standard computer keyboard, we must first explore why prolonged use of the latter often results in serious injury. Manufacturers of most full-sized keyboards probably do not have your health in mind when they draft their designs. In a bid to minimize cost and make their products affordable to a wider market, keyboard producers opt to sacrifice user comfort and ergonomics in favor of function.

Speaking of comfort level, check whether your computer keyboard and its position relative to you and the monitor hamper your mobility in some way. Do your fingers, hands and wrists feel stiff during and after using the keyboard? Does the keyboard allow your body to stay upright instead of stooping or slouching? If you answer in the affirmative to these questions then you may need to replace your standard keyboard with a mini keyboard, which is more ergonomic and can be better positioned on your desk.

In keeping with its ergonomic theme, most mini keyboards give you the option of chuck your mouse in favor of a built-in touchpad. For those unfamiliar with the touchpad, it is a device that guides a computer cursor by mimicking the movement of your fingers as it glides across its surface. Thanks to the touchpad, your hand and everything else attached to it like fingers and arm, can have a break from the repetitive action of reaching for the mouse.

A few varieties of the mini keyboard feature trackballs rather than touchpads for those who are averse to the use of the latter. The trackball is a device similar to the mouse and touchpad, moving the pointer across the computer screen by following the spinning of a ball cradled between several rollers.

Are you tired of moving your keyboard only to be hampered by the wire that connects it to your computer? Do not fret as the solution is at hand, the mini wireless keyboard. This spin off of the short keyboard is the ultimate example of versatility. Not only can you position the keyboard in a more comfortable position but also bring it to any location and use it on another computer.