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I never understood programmers who use stripped-down mechanical keyboard. I use my arrow keys, home, end, and pagedown key all the time; having to use a fn key
by shortrounddev 3y ago
I never understood programmers who use stripped-down mechanical keyboard. I use my arrow keys, home, end, and pagedown key all the time; having to use a fn key to access those would really slow me down. Do you just tend to use the mouse more, or are you on some kind of vim-keys-everywhere kind of thing
- buffington 3y agoI used a HHKB for almost 10 years, and the lack of arrow keys was probably an issue for a week. After that week, the motion of pressing fn and whatever keys then represented arrows was just effortless. I'd still be using that keyboard now if the switches felt better. After ten years of heavy use as a programmer, they've either become stiffer, or I've become less tolerant (probably both) of the keys. I'm on a simple Drop ALT now with key switches that remind me of the original Topre keys of the HHKB, but much smoother. I can't recall what they are exactly. No complaints after three years of use.
- crimsontech 3y agoMine has arrow keys because it's a JP layout, but I tend to only use them to skip forward or back in video, not when I'm typing. But yeah, I'm a vim-keys-everywhere type I guess, I use the mouse as little as possible. I use home, end, page up/down etc but I use them without having to move my hands from the home row. This is the major advantage, I can reach every key on the keyboard without moving my hands.