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Do you kind of detest the mouse? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 days ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.world
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I wonder if this is more common among Linux users. If an application has good keyboard support, I'm ALL over that instead of using a mouse. That's one reason web applications really annoy me, they usually have terrible keyboard support, or the browser shortcuts interfere.

Maybe detest is too strong a word. More like I prefer to avoid it if at all possible (unless it's something like CAD or most gaming where the mouse is basically essential)

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[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I've never had a job where the bottleneck was the speed of translating my thoughts into commands. It's almost always the thinking that slows me down. I'm sort of jealous of folks who deal with so few unknowns that they are limited only by speed of input (though I'd find that a mind-numbingly boring job — compared to my usual constant imposter syndrome and suspicion that there is a better way to do something than what is in my head right now).

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

I worked on an old CAD program in the early 90s, it had hotkeys for the menu structure. After some time ( and memorization) they became much faster than mouse clicks. When getting designs out as fast as possible, to keep the shop busy, was the mandate it led to designers flying across the keys building geometry, trimming, dimensioning etc. After about 4 years though RSI became a problem for all of use.