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Re:The Case for the Programmers' Keyboard Layout by chipdart on Sunday June 02, 2024 @04:53AM (#40552575)
> I agree with that - but all that browsing around also requires plenty of typing and mousing around.

Navigation is largely IDE-specific, and the next best thing to a de-facto standard is VI's keyboard-centric navigation gestures which were already picked with ergonomics in mind.

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Re:The Case for the Programmers' Keyboard Layout by dbglog on Monday June 03, 2024 @06:41AM (#40561295)
sure - but it's also common to go typing for terms that are related to what you just saw, which then involves typing generally. or maybe you're looking things up on the side, which again requires general typing.
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