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75% is basically everything except the numpad, so if one isn't a big numpad user it's nice to have your mouse a bit closer.

GuB-42 2y ago
75% is not exactly this. It mangles the home cluster (pgup, pgdn, home, end, insert, del), often missing "insert" entirely. It also relocates the arrow keys slightly. If you just want a keyboard without a numpad, it is called TenKeyLess (TKL) or 80%. For me, it matters. I use the home cluster a lot, including the insert key (for copy and pasting), and because I use many different keyboards (for work, etc...), muscle memory is important, and full size is the most common. So when using a compact keyboard, I like having the keys in the same place more than saving 2 columns. But to each his own, especially with keyboards.
- karlshea 2y ago
  My comment was more to push back on the silly assertion that the only reason someone would like a fractional board is "trendy faux-minimalism". I have a TKL on my PC and other than Insert (which I can't remember ever pressing on purpose in the last 15 years) the only other keys a 75% is missing are the cluster with print screen/scroll lock/break. I'd be annoyed by a 75% if I used Insert for copy/paste etc and switched keyboards all the time, but I'm mostly on Mac so I'm used to Cmd+arrows instead of Home/End and Cmd+C/X/V. But it does have the extra strip on the right for some of those keys I do use, like Del. And now I can now hit every key on the board without really moving my hands much, including those that are normally on the Home cluster. I could even do with a 65% but I don't want to have to switch layers to hit Esc, and actually do use the function keys for an IDE.
Minor49er 2y ago
That's fine if you don't mind bending your arm inwards for long periods of time. For me, it's most comfortable having my mouse being more in line with my shoulder than my center

GuB-42 2y ago

75% is not exactly this. It mangles the home cluster (pgup, pgdn, home, end, insert, del), often missing "insert" entirely. It also relocates the arrow keys slightly. If you just want a keyboard without a numpad, it is called TenKeyLess (TKL) or 80%. For me, it matters. I use the home cluster a lot, including the insert key (for copy and pasting), and because I use many different keyboards (for work, etc...), muscle memory is important, and full size is the most common. So when using a compact keyboard, I like having the keys in the same place more than saving 2 columns. But to each his own, especially with keyboards.

karlshea 2y ago
My comment was more to push back on the silly assertion that the only reason someone would like a fractional board is "trendy faux-minimalism". I have a TKL on my PC and other than Insert (which I can't remember ever pressing on purpose in the last 15 years) the only other keys a 75% is missing are the cluster with print screen/scroll lock/break. I'd be annoyed by a 75% if I used Insert for copy/paste etc and switched keyboards all the time, but I'm mostly on Mac so I'm used to Cmd+arrows instead of Home/End and Cmd+C/X/V. But it does have the extra strip on the right for some of those keys I do use, like Del. And now I can now hit every key on the board without really moving my hands much, including those that are normally on the Home cluster. I could even do with a 65% but I don't want to have to switch layers to hit Esc, and actually do use the function keys for an IDE.

Minor49er 2y ago

That's fine if you don't mind bending your arm inwards for long periods of time. For me, it's most comfortable having my mouse being more in line with my shoulder than my center