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Re:Coolest custom mechanical keyboards by lawn on Monday December 28, 2020 @09:51AM (#25559575)
Because with layers (holding down a key to change what other keys are doing) you can have the arrows, numbers or F-keys right under your fingers. So you don't have to move your hands so much to use them, and some people really like that idea.
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Re:Coolest custom mechanical keyboards by StavrosK on Monday December 28, 2020 @10:22AM (#25559847)
I'm very much against fewer keys (I have lots of space!) but really like how the F keys are now layer+numkey. I don't have to stretch my fingers and lose no functionality otherwise.
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Re:Coolest custom mechanical keyboards by layer8 on Monday December 28, 2020 @10:44AM (#25560032)
It’s bad for IDEs and Excel etc. where you often already have one or two modifiers plus F-key.
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Re:Coolest custom mechanical keyboards by StavrosK on Monday December 28, 2020 @10:49AM (#25560084)
Hmm, maybe. I don't use anything that requires a modifier with an F key, that might be why.
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