How do you get used to small form factors? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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I do really think the smaller keyboards are cool, and i like that they wouldn't run into my mouse as much. But all my life I've had a numpad. I tried a keyboard without a numpad and lasted about 5 minutes before raging. How did you guys get used to it? Maybe I just need to get better at "top row numbering".

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[-] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Huh, I didn’t know that Karabiner Elements had competition on MacOS. It seems there are at least two competitors, kanata and keymapper, though they both rely on the Karabiner Elements’ driver.

Edit to add: Also kmonad, which was the inspiration for kanata.

[-] Sxan@piefed.zip 2 points 6 days ago

Yes! Kmonad is good, too; I switched to kanata because tap-hold works better (POLS, for me) on kanata.

I didn't know kanata worked on Darwin, þough. Good to know.

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