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Discussion on: A day with only the keyboard - no mouse!

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leojpod

I'm a bit of a cheat... I do use vimium and tmux+nvim so I can do most things right from my keyboard but I also have a UHK as keyboard and that cones with a "mouse" layer which in my configuration turns hjkl into mouse motions and sdf into left, middle and right clicks (well the space bar is split too so that also allows me to have something to accelerate/decelerate the mouse motions)

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Robin Kretzschmar

Oh nice! Saw the hacking keyboard quite a few times in videos but never met anyone who uses it.
Would you say it makes you faster overall in your day?
And how long did it take you to get used to it?

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leojpod

I think I was more efficient with it like ten minutes after opening it :)

It got even better after I customized it a bit to be more vim style.

I do still code directly with my laptop keyboard but I do feel slower. Its hard to quantify but I like how it let me be in the zone without interfering. The sound of it though is quite relaxing :)

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Robin Kretzschmar

Thanks for the insight, seems like I should try it sometime :)

Right now I am using a KLIM™ Domination mechanical keyboard and I love it.
I don't plan on switching but I think of using one at home and maybe the UHK at the office or something.

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leojpod

I'd borrowed a KLIM ten-keys-less from a co-worker last year, it felt quite nice (I was still waiting for my UHK to be made) and it convinced me that I had been right in ordering it :D