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McSnee
@mcsnee.bsky.social

"Yes, I definitely want to stop benefiting from my decades of muscle memory." —Nobody except the dingbat who wrote this claptrap

hbrackets.bsky.social
@hbrackets.bsky.social

I never understood why the windows key needs to be next to alt and shift where it constantly gets accidentally pressed. Thats why the first thing i do with any new computer is disable that damned thing. If they'd put it somewhere out of the way, like up by esc, maybe i'd use it.

NeoAoshi
@neoaoshi.com

I feel like I'm one of the only lefties that would hate this. Every other one I meet uses a mouse with their left hand, and I would still numpad with my right hand anyway. Gaming on this would also be a nightmare. I don't know, this isn't for me lol.

Sturm und Drang CompSci
@batmanaod.bsky.social

I've never understood why the number pad is on the primary-hand side anyway. I'm a righty, and having the mouse closer to the letter keys is *well* worth having the number pad on the left. This was one of the great things about the MS Ergo Sculpt: the numpad was entirely separate.

Crissa
@crissakentavr.bsky.social

Well, because the numpad comes from a time before mice or graphical interfaces. It doesn't pre-exist the keyboard, but it was a stand alone data entry device before programmable computers were available to even the military.

Sturm und Drang CompSci
@batmanaod.bsky.social

...right, but the keyboard layout has gone through many evolutions. What I don't understand is why it's not more popular to have the numpad on the side of the non-dominant hand. This article is from the perspective of a lefty wanting the numpad on the left, and all the negative responses...

fixitmanaz.bsky.social
@fixitmanaz.bsky.social

Nah, just get one without a numpad. I don't use it, ever. For one thing the numbers are all in the wrong places, unlike, say, a calculator or a touch-tone telephone. You want a numpad, I'm sure you can plug one in separately nowadays, anyway.

Jo, the girl with the red hair
@ishootbetter.bsky.social
Jo, the girl with the red hair@ishootbetter.bsky.social

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Cassia
@cassia-thots.bsky.social

This is actually kinda sick, a keyboard that can swap its numpad position seems quite handy. The amount of times I need both my hand on the mouse and numpad is surprisingly high with Blender.

Aliensinnoh
@aliensinnoh.bsky.social

I need the numpad on the right specifically in order to fly planes in GTA V with a keyboard. It requires the use of BOTH WASD and the numpad. Very specific use case, I know.