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I use the Ultimate Hacking Keyboard (https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/ https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/) which provides this natively too. I really liked it, but still after about 2 months of only using this as my mouse, it couldn't fully replace a handheld mouse in speed in accuracy. I'm a pretty shortcut driven guy, but not terminal bound (intellij, browser, slack are 90% of my day). I couldn't configure the speeds/acceleration/speed modifier key/etc to balance both getting across the screen and being able to click something as small as the window close button on a MacOS window. Maybe played too many FPSs when i was teenager but I'm significantly better with a mouse to the point of frustration with keyboard mice.

Fnoord 5y ago
Yeah, its the same with a trackpoint or trackpad. It isn't meant to replace a mouse or keyboard. Its meant to compliment it. A gamepad ('controller'?) has the same issue. Even a trackball. There are going to be use cases where one or the other is going to be better, and there's a very good reason the mouse is the default pointer device (although I heard a vertical mouse is good to avoid RSI, and I heard the same about trackballs). I'm very happy with the Apple Magic Trackpad 2 on my Macbook Pro. I used to be very happy with a nub on my ThinkPad (trackpoint), but the trackpad on it was terrible compared to the Apple one. Right now, on my gaming desktop I use a wireless Logitech Hero mouse and a wireless headset (Logitech G933) and I'm well aware they deliver worse latency than wired (I do use a wired keyboard, by Wooting). To me, that's OK. I'm also an outlier when it comes to touchscreen keyboards. I'm slow with it compared to youngsters. So I bought a 10 EUR 'air mouse' (I don't even use the mouse part right now) which has a physical keyboard. Its also very light. Not the best quality though, and not standard qwerty (but almost). I use it for my Nvidia Shield because I hate the manual typing on it. With regards to this tool, I wonder if it would be useful to have region keybinds together with a trackpoint or the thingy on a GPD Pocket 2.
- wnolens 5y ago
  I think in an ideal world, I'd have my split keyboard sit in a custom fixture with an apple trackpad placed where my thumbs rest as per my MacBook pro. On mbp i never feel need for a mouse.

Fnoord 5y ago

Yeah, its the same with a trackpoint or trackpad. It isn't meant to replace a mouse or keyboard. Its meant to compliment it. A gamepad ('controller'?) has the same issue. Even a trackball. There are going to be use cases where one or the other is going to be better, and there's a very good reason the mouse is the default pointer device (although I heard a vertical mouse is good to avoid RSI, and I heard the same about trackballs). I'm very happy with the Apple Magic Trackpad 2 on my Macbook Pro. I used to be very happy with a nub on my ThinkPad (trackpoint), but the trackpad on it was terrible compared to the Apple one. Right now, on my gaming desktop I use a wireless Logitech Hero mouse and a wireless headset (Logitech G933) and I'm well aware they deliver worse latency than wired (I do use a wired keyboard, by Wooting). To me, that's OK. I'm also an outlier when it comes to touchscreen keyboards. I'm slow with it compared to youngsters. So I bought a 10 EUR 'air mouse' (I don't even use the mouse part right now) which has a physical keyboard. Its also very light. Not the best quality though, and not standard qwerty (but almost). I use it for my Nvidia Shield because I hate the manual typing on it. With regards to this tool, I wonder if it would be useful to have region keybinds together with a trackpoint or the thingy on a GPD Pocket 2.

wnolens 5y ago
I think in an ideal world, I'd have my split keyboard sit in a custom fixture with an apple trackpad placed where my thumbs rest as per my MacBook pro. On mbp i never feel need for a mouse.