I was just reading this thread… https://sh.itjust.works/post/23476261

…and it got me thinking about something that I’ve wanted for a long time. Why is it that keyboards have not evolved to have dedicated copy/paste keys left of the main board? I’d love to see an additional column of keys left of Esc->Ctrl configurable as macros at least. I do a lot of copy/paste for work. The current shortcuts arent terrible or anything but they’re not exactly comfortable. I’d rather move my whole hand to the left for a macro key than contort to hit the current shortcut.

What do you think?

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    3 months ago

    Keyboards already have too many keys. Your fingers are extremely inefficient at certain distances so you should never even touch numpad with proper keyboard design. 10 fingers can combine a lot of keys.

    • dezmd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Numpad is a MUST for doing quick calc, that top row of numbers always slows me way down.

      Also, I need the full numpad in case I’m playing Arma 3, cuz I need to additional keymappings ;)