I've been moving toward preferring full keyboards, but I wish it were more normalized for them to put the numpad on the left side.
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That's interesting. What is your advantage moving the numpad?
I could kind of understand if it's a left handed thing, though I'm left handed and have always used right handed peripherals. Maybe I got beaten into the right handed world at a young age and never thought there was another option.
I wonder if my K:D ratio on CS:GO would improve if I assumed with my left hand...
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I’m gonna catch some heat…. But I gotta speak my truth - this is all I need. I game, I program, I have 2 function keys that change the layout and provide access to any keys not physically present.
I kind of wish Duolingo would create a trainer that helps you practice shortcuts and hot keys. They never seem to stick in my brain asides from copy/paste, new tab, change focus.
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I use a Lily58 for work, and it's excellent. Obviously mine looks much different than the ones on this product page, but it's this layout.
No home/end keys?
you can put them behind a momentary/toggle layer.
layers can change the behavior of the whole keyboard while active. super powerful, ill never go back.
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I like the idea of a split keyboard, but looking up against the getting used to it. Did it take you long and do you still type as fast on regular keyboards or did you 'unlearn' that?
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I love this meme, but I feel like including TKL in the circle would be a little more fitting. I know I'm a little biased for being a TKL user, but they really aren't that esoteric. Every key is where you expect it. It just doesn't have a numpad.
I have a full-sized and a 96%. I don't know how people live without a numpad. Even my laptop has a numpad. I don't do excel shit. But at work I have to enter alot of phone and CC numbers. At home I use the numpad for rating photos when sorting and importing them.
I use the number pad for various keybinds in games where there are too many things to control with the keys I regularly use.
Are you Grubby? No actual human uses number pad for keybinds in games, only game Gods who learned before there were real alternatives.
I use it for keybinds that I don't use very often, but still need on occasion. Frees up the other keys for more important stuff. Very useful for weapon hotkeys in games like Fallout when I have a ton of guns.
The numpad is still a popular option in roguelikes. It's also worth noting that sometimes the ortholinear layout of numpad keys is more appropriate than the staggered layout of letter keys.
Yeah 96% is great for me. I work in commercial credit analysis and I'm constantly typing numbers (account numbers/financial information/etc) so not having a number pad would suck. I work from home like 75% of the time and my work space is shared with my personal computing space. I have 1 keyboard that's Bluetooth so I can swap between my personal desktop, personal laptop, and my work laptop. Same with my mouse. Sometimes I do think about getting a smaller keyboard and adding a separate numpad that can tuck out of the way when I'm not working as I don't use it much for personal computing.
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peep the horror
Every time I see these kinds of split keyboards, it reminds me of this scene from Cowboy Bebop.
Ah yes, the klingon keyboard. Goes on the armrests of the captains chair.
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60% is excessive
Seems more like the lack thereof
Over here loving my 60%. It's all about modifier keys y'all. That 60% actually has all the keys your 130% and more all within reach.
Ya these dudes are high maintenance needing all those bullshit keys tbh and I like not having my arms doing the splits all day with giant keyboards
nah 75%'s are more popular than tkl right now for a reason, its more compact and gives you basically the same function.
Why do I need it to be compact? Neither my desk nor my fingers are changing sizes.
One decent reason is that it brings the mouse closer, so you can move your hand over more quickly and are more likely to find the right keys when moving the other way.
That's a fair point, and why I have a TKL instead of full size. The reason I wouldn't consider the % ones is being able to sit at any keyboard for work, friends, in public, relatives, etc and not worry about typos due to the slight placement differences. It's quite frustrating.
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its really a matter of personal preference, but I prefer to have more space for my mousepad and coffee, rather than a larger keyboard just for the sake of it. even if I did want a numpad, (which I don't because I prefer macropads) I would want to be able to move it around separately from the keyboard