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Used to be the dogmatist: "mouse is bad!" Now I'm a pragmatist, do 90% of my work on a Thinkpad using keyboard shortcuts, but use the little red trackpoint mous
by chungus 5y ago
Used to be the dogmatist: "mouse is bad!"
Now I'm a pragmatist, do 90% of my work on a Thinkpad using keyboard shortcuts, but use the little red trackpoint mouse whenever it's more convenient. As long as I don't have to move my arms.
- necrotic_comp 5y agoYep ! The mouse isn't a mouse if it's on the home row. :) Not enough people got behind the trackpoint in its day and it makes me sad that it's not the default mouse input for programmers.
- Sanzig 5y agoIf you want to be "that person" in your office, Unicomp makes buckling spring Model M keyboards, and they have one model with a trackpoint (the Endurapro). Looks like it's out of stock until sometime next year due to tooling issues though. https://www.pckeyboard.com/page/SFNT https://www.pckeyboard.com/page/SFNT
- necrotic_comp 5y agoEven better - https://tex.com.tw/products/shinobi?variant=16969883648090 https://tex.com.tw/products/shinobi?variant=16969883648090 - I've been using one of these since they came out and they're fantastic. I used to have one of the old thinkpad external keyboards - http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/lenovo-thinkpad-usb-keyboard-review/ http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/lenovo-thinkpad... - and I used those until they broke and I couldn't find more. I haven't used the unicomp ones, but I can wholeheartedly recommend the shinobi.
- gjvc 5y agoGoogle for KU-1255