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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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[–] bisby@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I have a preference towards keyboard shortcuts, but I dont think I'm in any way anti-mouse, I'm just very pro-keyboard. If there is a quick easy keyboard shortcut, I'll almost always use it.

Honestly, back in the windows 8 days, I never understood the backlash about the start screen/menu. My workflow was "hit windows key, type name of app. hit enter" and that workflow didnt change with the full screen mobile centric menu, so it never felt problematic to me. Plenty of other problematic things about microsoft and windows, but "But the start menu is full screen!" wasnt one of them for me.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Windows key? You kids have it so easy, back in my day we had to CTRL+Esc because the Windows key wasn't invented yet. Luckily nowadays my linux computers all come with a Super key that can be used as a stand-in for the Windows button.

[–] bisby@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

In my day, the start button hasn't been invented yet, so Ctrl esc didn't help much. But by the time windows 8 came around, I was using that specific shortcut. I use alt+space now to invoke my launcher, because in i3wm/swaywn using super for shortcuts meant that using super for the launcher felt a bit conflicting