Re:My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards ⌨
by serial_dev on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @05:34PM
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Exactly.
I try to use my keyboard whenever possible, but sometimes reaching to my mouse is just easier. Moving my hand 5 inches is already bad, but having to move it 10-15 inches every time I want to use the mouse is terrible.
And all for what? For having to enter a phone number or credit card number once a month into some form? The tradeoff is not worth it for most people.
As a programmer, I don't need a numpad very often, having long strings of numbers are not very common in my field. Sure, sometimes I need to write numbers, but they are one or two character long, and having them above the keys is better experience as I don't need to move my hand so far.
I try to use my keyboard whenever possible, but sometimes reaching to my mouse is just easier. Moving my hand 5 inches is already bad, but having to move it 10-15 inches every time I want to use the mouse is terrible.
And all for what? For having to enter a phone number or credit card number once a month into some form? The tradeoff is not worth it for most people.
As a programmer, I don't need a numpad very often, having long strings of numbers are not very common in my field. Sure, sometimes I need to write numbers, but they are one or two character long, and having them above the keys is better experience as I don't need to move my hand so far.