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TrackPoint is cool, but happiness can only be reached on a proper ergo split keyboard without a huge space
by eviks 3y ago
TrackPoint is cool, but happiness can only be reached on a proper ergo split keyboard without a huge space
- kybernetikos 3y agoYeah, I would love a keyboard like this except that I've now moved entirely to corne-ish zen. I wish I could have a corne-ish zen with a trackpoint, but I expect the people who would like that must be a tiny niche-within-a-niche.
- ivanjermakov 3y agoYep. I think QMK's mouse support[1] is sufficient for those who need it. But personally I use mouse _really_ rarely because of my keyboard centric workflow (DWM, Neovim & Vimium). [1]: https://docs.qmk.fm/#/feature_mouse_keys https://docs.qmk.fm/#/feature_mouse_keys
- eviks 3y agoTrack point offers the unbeatable awesomeness of "analogue" reaction - the harder you push, the faster the mouse goes. - 360 (or whatever the effective number of directions you can push with a finger) is also much richer than 4 You can't replicate it with binary down/up buttons, so QMK-like support isn't a good replacement. (at least for the first one you could have a newer generation of keyboards that have "analogue" buttons the track more than 2 positions)
- kamray23 3y agoyou could technically slam a trackball onto an ergo split keyboard. wouldn't recommend it but you could. people tend to put one between their keyboards so why not just build it into the right one?