I agree. Copy and paste is on the left hand for QWERTY. That gets a lot more use compared to select-delete. Besides, select and delete with the mouse is seldom the most optimal (and you could just cut the text with ctrl-x)

The idea is you select with the keyboard, not the mouse.

Do most people not alt tab much? This advice would adversely affect my alt tabbing habit.

I don't even have alt tab... lol so no. Don't do that at all. I just use windows/mod + left/right to go to the next tab over in whatever window is focused (i3wm).

Or mod+workspace# gets me to the window the screen I want is in, then mod+right tabs over to the application I need.

I suppose the idea is you'll suck at left handed mouse handling so you need to compensate by using the keyboard more.

Totally agree with your view though. No real compelling reason to switch sides

As was stated in the article. Buttons like delete and backspace are on the right so you can mouse select and delete without significantly changing your hands position on the keyboard. But yes that is a little bit of a weak argument.

It frees your right hand to use keyboard buttons intended for the right hand such as backspace, delete and numpad.

> ...frees your right hand to use keyboard buttons intended for the right hand...

On the other hand (ha!) you lose access to navigational keys that are typically used when you're "mousing", changing between apps/tabs and screens - e.g. alt-tab, ESC, alt-w, alt-q, alt-F4, meta-shortcuts, etc.

I noticed that I use the right keys - enter, backspace, delete, etc - mostly when I'm typing, so I want my two hands in the keyboard anyway.

For me the mouse on the right side is the best combination.

Yep, also you don't have to move your arm as far to reach the mouse then by not moving over numeric keys.

Seems small, but as a righty i've been doing the left hand mouse/trackpad for a while now and it definitely helps on the rsi.