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Re:28-Key Mechanical Keyboard by filoleg on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @06:24PM (#22112871)
Agreed. I feel like HHKB hits that sweet spot where it is minimalistic, but still very usable without messing with layers. If it had just a few more buttons (left Ctrl + arrow keys; though I personally don't care for left Ctrl, as I have remapped it to CapsLock, just Like I do on every keyboard), then I wouldn't even need to use the Fn key at all either.
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Re:28-Key Mechanical Keyboard by fossuser on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @08:46PM (#22113777)
Part of the reason I’ve stuck with the HHKB for a few years now is that I like its default arrow key layout better than regular arrow keys.

Using your right pinkie to hit function and then having the arrows right there is nice. I also use caps lock as control and it’s nice to have it as a hardware default in the HHKB too.

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Re:28-Key Mechanical Keyboard by filoleg on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @10:24PM (#22114299)
Oh yeah, totally agreed, I absolutely love how the arrow keys work on HHKB. I would be lying if I said there wasn't a learning curve to it, however. First few weeks, i was definitely missing the correct keys, but once it got into my muscle memory, it became great.
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