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Re:Vimium – The Hacker's Browser by belinder on Monday February 27, 2023 @10:12PM (#34965207)
Been using vimium for years. I have gotten so used to scrolling pages at different speed by pressing keys that whenever I am using someone else's computer I have to fight muscle memory. I also use it for clicking links through keybinds, but really the custom up/down is the main usage.

The occasional website having its own keybinds never stops being annoying, but it's easy to disable the extension per site

Re:Vimium – The Hacker's Browser by dmix on Monday February 27, 2023 @10:14PM (#34965227)
100%. Scrolling with arrows/mouse instead of hitting j or k just feels uncomfortable.

Maybe there's something to be learned by browser designers. It's not just the fact it's on the home row and muscle memory for Vim users. The default speed for down/up arrow scrolling and lack of smoothing is just not the same.

Re:Vimium – The Hacker's Browser by sva_ on Monday February 27, 2023 @10:17PM (#34965240)
In vim, I usually scroll with ctrl-u/d?
Re:Vimium – The Hacker's Browser by dmix on Monday February 27, 2023 @11:09PM (#34965513)
Same but reading on the internet is not like scanning source code files. I tend to read much more linearly and the j/k scroll speed is fast enough. But obviously that's still an option.
Re:Vimium – The Hacker's Browser by Marrand on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @02:51AM (#34966762)
That also works in vimium afaik, just a quicker scroll instead of jumps though.
Re:Vimium – The Hacker's Browser by bobbylarrybobby on Monday February 27, 2023 @11:13PM (#34965531)
I think most browser designers expect you to use the trackpad or a mouse wheel
Re:Vimium – The Hacker's Browser by dingaling on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @12:49AM (#34966101)
> Scrolling with arrows/mouse instead of hitting j or k just feels uncomfortable.

Page Up/Down?