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)

  • lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I use a keyboard with an inbuilt trackpoint. I never have to move my hands off the keyboard to use the mouse, it’s really amazing.

    The worst input method is definitely a touchscreen, directly followed by Apple’s magic mouse and touchpads.

    • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      I use a keyboard with an inbuilt trackpoint.

      What are you using? “Tex” mechanical board, old Model M with trackpoint, one of those standalone Thinkpad keyboards?

      • lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        A Thinkpad Compact Keyboard II. It’s really nice to type on. Only the stock feet are trash and break easily, but there are a lot of people 3D-printing more durable replacements.

    • guynamedzero@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      6·
      3 days ago

      God damn, the Magic Mouse is the worst fucking idea ever, it’s like combining a touchpad with a mouse in the worst way possible. When I was a kid, our family computer only had a Magic Mouse and I can’t count the number of times I made a misinput, scrolled too far, or had to stop using the computer until the mouse could charge

      • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        i loved the magic mouse. macos is so gesture-driven that having gesture control on a normal mouse felt like having a macro pad.

      • lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        Absolutely! I was forced to work on a Mac with a Magic mouse at my first job. There was no place for my fingers to rest comfortably. I had to hover them above the mouse or otherwise the thing would always detect inputs I didn’t want.

        Combined with its minimal height, it gave me quite a lot of pain. I don’t know how people can work with this atrocity.

        The charging is a meme at this point, it’s really absurd. Thank god I don’t work for a boss who’s an Apple cultist anymore.

        • guynamedzero@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          3·
          3 days ago

          I even tried to use the mouse while it was charging by hanging half of it off the desk but apparently they made it just turn off while charging