are desks with a keyboard tray a meme?i can't remember the last time i saw one. is there any big reason people stopped using them?
>>110276601Monitors became bigger combined with cheaper shorter desks.
>>110276601yes. like other anon said you want a shorter desk so you can comfortably use a bigger monitor.
>>110276601>is there any big reason people stopped using themThey were never good. For some reason it took decades to figure that out.
>>110277128if you only have a 1x2 foot space for your computer desk for some reason then that little cuck station essentially doubles your desk space
>>110276601It's helpful if you're on a tighter space I suppose... but it dissapeared because they were indeed a fucking meme.
>>110276601If the tray is wide enough that's fine. They were more useful 25 years ago because monitors didn't have the adjustments you have today.Now you can have your mouse and keyboard on top of your desk and adjust your monitor height in relation to that. But it also gives you more empty desk space if you want that.
>>110276601Monitors used to be two feet deep and non adjustable so the keyboard tray was necessary to get the monitor and keyboard at the proper height. Now you just put your flat piece of magic glass on an adjustable arm.Sometimes I want to go back.
>>110276601Did you ever use one? Floating arms when typing are uncomfortable as fuck
>>110276601It's actually pretty nice to have your keyboard underneath the desk. it lets you use the desk space for things like storing papers, etc, which you are looking at while typing and using the screen. the main thing is the monitors got smaller and made more room on desks.
>>110276601>If you want to use the desk, then you have an awkward keyboard tray bumping your legs, so the desk just becomes a garbage tray>If you want to use the keyboard tray, you can't use the desk ergonomically>Wireless shit means you can clear up your keebs and mice when they're not neededMonitors stopped being CRT long boys, so desk space was freed up
I miss my old CRT desk
no technically speaking your arms being lower closer to your lap is more ergonomic position
>>110278675I use one, no floating arms because I have a chair with armrests
>>110276601you can add trays to any desk
>>110276601>is there any big reason people stopped using them?The big reason is because computers weren't one of the most important things in every day life and rather used occasionally so they got banned to a cramped tiny desk like that in a corner.At some point people started spending most of the day behind it so the place they spend so many hours must be comfortable.
>>110276601they always were trash and targeted at normies. no computer nerd did put up with this shit.
>>110277394Correct
>>110279849You could probably still use that with dual monitors and a TV on top with the correct base
Do you not remember how awfully wobbly they were? Also, I spent several years using a setup like OP pic and developed back pain and hemorrhoids. Not having leg space makes this kind of desk completely unusable.
>>110281016>leg spaceMy one had that weird shelf thing but at the bottom, so I would put my legs on it (or on top of the printer that was there)I've never seen OP's design, just looking at that shit gives me haemorrhoids
>>110276601imagine your shins going into that.You can just buy a PC holder and screw it to the bottom of the desk, that's what I did for my height-adjustable desk so the PC can drive up and down with it
>>110280538even with armrests, you're pivoting on the elbow/near the elbow, a lot more uncomfortable than pivoting on the wrist
>>110276601They were fucking shit and tiny and you bumped into everything also what kind of retard thought that putting a printer there was a good idea
>>110276601I used to have one as a kid, and it was a nice 140cm wide desk too. I really miss it.
>>110280786That only works with thin crap Ikea cardboard desks, the clamp is not big enough to get around thicker real desks.
>>110284492Compare the clamp to the mouse, that thing could take a 3-4" thick desk. Also there's nothing stopping you from drilling holes in a cheaper clamp and screwing it in or even, you know, getting a purpose-made screw in option instead.
>>110276601the only computer desk i still approve of is the one my grandfather had. it was designed for IT shops or something, it had a place for computers down below and up top but he always put his oscilloscope ham radio and whatnot up top>>110280994ive always wondered what one of these would look like with dual verticals mounted on either side of a center horizontal panel
>>110276601I use picrel and the tray is really comfortable, especially with wrist problems. I can sit far back from my monitor and use the desk space for my laptop, food, or documents without it getting in the way of my kbm.A short desk must be huge to achieve the same functionality, and requires a tacky monitor stand.
>>110287560>Compare the clamp to the mouse, that thing could take a 3-4" thick desk.specs for that type of keyboard tray say that the clamp is good up to 4cm, that's less than 2".>Also there's nothing stopping you from drilling holes in a cheaper clamp and screwing it in or even,Care to point to something that fits that tray specifically?
>>110287700>specs for that type of keyboard tray say that the clamp is good up to 4cm, that's less than 2".I dunno, looks like you could practically stack 3 of those mice in that clamp>Care to point to something that fits that tray specifically?I was talking about modifying, not buying adapters. If you want to use that tray specifically just buy the clamp on version, grind off the top parts of the clamps, remove the hand screws if you want, and drill a few holes so you can screw it in the bottom of your desk.
>>110276601They work great and objectively better. The issue is that small unforeseen things typically catches you out when getting one of these. For example a monitor that can't be adjusted because keyboard height dictates eye height. The tray being cramped, limiting different positions. So it just requires a bit more planning and better design. Then you realize that the extra price definitely was not worth it.For example, arms that supports a platform from your lap is probably better. A desk attached tray, generally should be wider necessitating a larger desk at the very least.
