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>no self respecting programmer should use any other mouse device. Hmm... I find the touchpad nothing but a pain. but that may be becoz of my hand position while
by aangjie 15y ago
>no self respecting programmer should use any other mouse device.
Hmm... I find the touchpad nothing but a pain. but that may be becoz of my hand position while typing. it keeps shifting the cursor. But other than that, i have developed a distaste towards reaching for the mouse. sometimes it's absolutely necesary, but i am on a mission to setup software to use my computer mouse-free. (i.e switching to a tiling window manager,etc..) but looks like that's too hard/unnatural
- reirob 15y agoI am using my laptops for more than 10 years without a mouse. I am so happy about this decision that I made ago - it is definitely possible and gives a boost of productivity and if you are traveling you do not need to care with you a mose. But it comes with a dependency - all my laptops need a trackpoint, and the best ones by far are on thinkpads. Before going mouse free I had to learn blind-typing (10 fingers, without looking at the keyboard). Then I started to learn VI(M) as editor and at some point it became so unnatural to move the hands from the keyboard that I started to use less and less the mouse until I realized that I do not need it at all.
- aangjie 15y agoI already do blind-typing and infact the unnaturalness of reaching for mouse is what makes me wanna go mouseless. I really haven't tried thinkpad after i moved to blind-typing. and sometimes do wish for it. Am curious How big of a dependency can a trackpoint become?? am i just naive to think keyboard operations should be sufficient enough??
- gcb 15y agotouchpad IS PAIN! that's why i said clitmouse, not touchpad. my touchpad was ignored until i transformed it in a square-scroll-wheel. that's a clitmouse http://www.clickykeyboard.com/2005/trackpoint/14288_classicdome.jpg http://www.clickykeyboard.com/2005/trackpoint/14288_classicd...