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Even outside of the “hacker” community, keyboard has always been associated with higher expertise. Average “MS Word” user - Navigate through various menus to fi
by lll-o-lll 2y ago
Even outside of the “hacker” community, keyboard has always been associated with higher expertise. Average “MS Word” user - Navigate through various menus to find what they want to do. Power Users - Memorized all the “shortcuts”.
I think that’s mostly what it is. A keyboard (and a bunch of memorizing), gives mastery over the applications UI.
- anonzzzies 2y agoI still miss Wordperfect for that reason: messing around with Word wysiwyg, even with people who have decades of experience, is just painful to watch or do.
- pjmlp 2y agoSome shortcuts are helpful, until one needs to do anything that affects visual position or drawing. Very few people master shortcuts that require three key chords or more.
- pdntspa 2y agoMaybe it just strokes the egos of those desperate for some validation