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A lot of these don't make a lot of sense to me. How is freeing up my right hand to use the keyboard a reason to use my left hand? If I use my right hand then it

A lot of these don't make a lot of sense to me. How is freeing up my right hand to use the keyboard a reason to use my left hand? If I use my right hand then it frees up my left hand to use the keyboard instead.

anonu 8y ago
I suppose the idea is you'll suck at left handed mouse handling so you need to compensate by using the keyboard more. Totally agree with your view though. No real compelling reason to switch sides
hb20007 8y ago
It frees your right hand to use keyboard buttons intended for the right hand such as backspace, delete and numpad.
- mitchty 8y ago
  Yep, also you don't have to move your arm as far to reach the mouse then by not moving over numeric keys. Seems small, but as a righty i've been doing the left hand mouse/trackpad for a while now and it definitely helps on the rsi.
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- guiambros 8y ago
  > ...frees your right hand to use keyboard buttons intended for the right hand... On the other hand (ha!) you lose access to navigational keys that are typically used when you're "mousing", changing between apps/tabs and screens - e.g. alt-tab, ESC, alt-w, alt-q, alt-F4, meta-shortcuts, etc. I noticed that I use the right keys - enter, backspace, delete, etc - mostly when I'm typing, so I want my two hands in the keyboard anyway. For me the mouse on the right side is the best combination.
jjuel 8y ago
As was stated in the article. Buttons like delete and backspace are on the right so you can mouse select and delete without significantly changing your hands position on the keyboard. But yes that is a little bit of a weak argument.
Jian-Yang 8y ago
I agree. Copy and paste is on the left hand for QWERTY. That gets a lot more use compared to select-delete. Besides, select and delete with the mouse is seldom the most optimal (and you could just cut the text with ctrl-x)
- cup-of-tea 8y ago
  The idea is you select with the keyboard, not the mouse.
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chapium 8y ago
Do most people not alt tab much? This advice would adversely affect my alt tabbing habit.
- gremlinsinc 8y ago
  I don't even have alt tab... lol so no. Don't do that at all. I just use windows/mod + left/right to go to the next tab over in whatever window is focused (i3wm). Or mod+workspace# gets me to the window the screen I want is in, then mod+right tabs over to the application I need.

anonu 8y ago

I suppose the idea is you'll suck at left handed mouse handling so you need to compensate by using the keyboard more. Totally agree with your view though. No real compelling reason to switch sides

hb20007 8y ago

It frees your right hand to use keyboard buttons intended for the right hand such as backspace, delete and numpad.

mitchty 8y ago
Yep, also you don't have to move your arm as far to reach the mouse then by not moving over numeric keys. Seems small, but as a righty i've been doing the left hand mouse/trackpad for a while now and it definitely helps on the rsi.
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guiambros 8y ago
> ...frees your right hand to use keyboard buttons intended for the right hand... On the other hand (ha!) you lose access to navigational keys that are typically used when you're "mousing", changing between apps/tabs and screens - e.g. alt-tab, ESC, alt-w, alt-q, alt-F4, meta-shortcuts, etc. I noticed that I use the right keys - enter, backspace, delete, etc - mostly when I'm typing, so I want my two hands in the keyboard anyway. For me the mouse on the right side is the best combination.

jjuel 8y ago

As was stated in the article. Buttons like delete and backspace are on the right so you can mouse select and delete without significantly changing your hands position on the keyboard. But yes that is a little bit of a weak argument.

Jian-Yang 8y ago

I agree. Copy and paste is on the left hand for QWERTY. That gets a lot more use compared to select-delete. Besides, select and delete with the mouse is seldom the most optimal (and you could just cut the text with ctrl-x)

cup-of-tea 8y ago
The idea is you select with the keyboard, not the mouse.

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chapium 8y ago

Do most people not alt tab much? This advice would adversely affect my alt tabbing habit.

gremlinsinc 8y ago
I don't even have alt tab... lol so no. Don't do that at all. I just use windows/mod + left/right to go to the next tab over in whatever window is focused (i3wm). Or mod+workspace# gets me to the window the screen I want is in, then mod+right tabs over to the application I need.