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Do you kind of detest the mouse? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 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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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes. It was fine when it was used to enhance 100% keyboard operable interfaces (outside of 2d spacial interfaces like drawing) but when it became dominant and keyboard controls stopped being universal, something important was lost.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

My last company had two primary software products. The one customers always opted for was the green-screen version, like something out of 1989 with an AS400 backend. Funny thing is, the backend was IBM's latest version of the 400. :)

Had a couple of customer service and tech support jobs in the 90s using such systems. Once you get the hang of the menu tree, you can haul ass through tasks. When our customers would go for the GUI product, they'd immediately revert back to the green screen.