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Mechanical Keyboards

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Anyone else have one? I've been loving it so far! Feels great!

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[–] richard_wagner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have one of these split keyboards and still use a mouse. I’d like to use it less, but haven’t found any great alternatives to fully remove it. 

[–] kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It seems like it would be really awkward to use one-handed. I know for gaming you wouldn't exactly need the right-hand side, but still.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't get it, you keep your hand on the mouse to reach the right side of the keyboard with your left hand(assuming you're right handed)? THAT would be awkward imo

[–] kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Don't think I'm shitting on polydactyl keyboards. Maybe I'd like it.

But they're two non-interlocking pieces. Idk, I'd like to be able to try one without committing to buying one.

[–] WigglyTortoise@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are you doing with your keyboard one-handed? I can't think of any real use for one hand on a keyboard aside from gaming and shortcuts like copy+paste. And this keyboard runs QMK so it's very easy to just remap any shortcuts that the split might make difficult.

[–] kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

😉

But also, I don't like relying on hotkeys for usability.

[–] WigglyTortoise@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So what are you doing one-handed if not using hotkeys? I feel like any amount of one-handed typing would be impractical whether the keyboard is split or not.

[–] kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Typing one handed? That is not weird in the context of a strange two-part keyboard.

[–] richard_wagner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I don’t use it one-handed. I use two hands and take one away when I need to use the mouse.