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I'm curious as to what is the user case here. If you are connecting to a server from a command line or similar you don't have a mouse, but you also don't (proba

• forgotmypw17 6y ago
  The use case is all the situations where a mouse is not available. You already discovered several, and you're only scratching the surface. The truth is that you cannot predict all the scenarios and possibilities out there, no matter how hard you try, and it is naive and arrogant to pretend that you can. For me personally, mouse use comes with a huge ergonomic hit, and results in discomfort and pain. Keyboard browsing (I use qutebrowser) is also much faster and more efficient once I've conquered the week-long learning curve. Keyboard support also has a long history in browsers, with Opera 4.x being one of the pioneers of one-key shortcuts, though not vi-style.
  • nydel 6y ago
    && at the risk of sounding how this will sound: i can't quite maintain my favorite hyper-vigilant hacker-dev mental posture while switching between i/o devs
    • jmercouris 6y ago
      :-D you crack me up!
• ywei3410 6y ago
  Using a mouse heavily for the first 2 years of my career gave me the beginnings of carpal-tunnel syndrome. Switching to a 60% keyboard and carefully choosing keyboard shortcuts for everything has meant I've not had a problem since then. It is unlikely that I'm unique in this.