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Re:Dwarf Fortress Creator Explains Its Complexity and Origin... by intended on Friday June 26, 2020 @07:58AM (#23650998)
Dwarf fortress are an example I used to bring up in some discussions on UI UX.

You are just far more productive with a keyboard, especially once the commands are in muscle memory.

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Re:Dwarf Fortress Creator Explains Its Complexity and Origin... by ruste on Friday June 26, 2020 @09:46AM (#23651910)
I think it's a really important consideration of design that gets forgotten about in the name of "useability" and "discoverability". With a little practice a consistent keyboard interface is very fast. _Nobody_ is fast with a mouse.
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