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given the size of the unit it makes sense to have a numpad, no? What would you put instead?
by simias 6y ago
given the size of the unit it makes sense to have a numpad, no? What would you put instead?
- bdefore 6y agoi'd prefer wider more forgiving typing targets of the keys i use
- Sunspark 6y agoMost offices don't allow people to put pictures or personal effects on their hotel desks anymore so perhaps one could have a little LCD panel there displaying pictures of one's loved ones, or the cat not eating salad.
- wheels 6y agoI don't like having my hands off-center. I assume I'm not alone there. Among other things, it causes amplified wrist pain.
- mrweasel 6y agoYou're not alone. Why anyone would prefer an off center keyboard only to gain a numpad I'll never know. Being left handed makes the numpad even dumber. It's placed on the wrong side of the keyboard.
- yellowapple 6y agoI'm left-handed and I'll take a built-in numpad any day. I punch in enough long numbers day-to-day to really enjoy having it, even if it's on the "wrong" side of the keyboard (and so it is with virtually every other keyboard out there with a built-in numpad). I also already normally type with my keyboard slightly off-center on my desktop, so an asymmetrical laptop keyboard ain't really all that big of a deal. Even if I didn't, and insisted on a perfectly-centered typing experience, having an off-center screen is something that I've yet to actually really notice.
- Sosh101 6y agoJust put the keyboard in the centre, there's no rule that you need to make use of the whole surface.
- loop0 6y agoYou put nothing, why do you assume if there is space it needs to be more keys in there? I bet they can even improve the structural rigidity by not having the numpad.