<story><title>My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards</title><url>https://jackevansevo.github.io/my-unhealthy-relationship-with-keyboards.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pr0zac</author><text>Do you not know how to touch type without looking at the keyboard at all or have you just not learned where the numbers are? Shouldn&amp;#x27;t you take the time to learn to type correctly instead of relying on moving your entire hand just to type a number?&lt;p&gt;I truly do not mean to be insulting or anything, but I read comments like this a lot and they really confuse me. I don&amp;#x27;t need a numpad because I know how to touch type and don&amp;#x27;t have trouble putting in numbers with the number row without looking, I never used the numpad even when I had a keyboard that had one.&lt;p&gt;For why I got a board without it, ergonomics. My mouse is where the numpad would&amp;#x27;ve been. Having a shorter keyboard reduces the distance between my hands at the points where I need to use a mouse to about shoulder width, keeping my arms aligned with my shoulders and greatly reduces shoulder impinging issues I was having.</text></item><item><author>frameset</author><text>I really don&amp;#x27;t understand the numpad-less trend of fashionable keyboards. Doing any kind of number entry beyond one or two digits is very annoying without one.&lt;p&gt;They also don&amp;#x27;t take up that much space really.&lt;p&gt;If your keyboard is a portable one you pack with you on trips, I get it. If it lives on a desk, why not splash out the small amount extra to make number entry much easier.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kedean</author><text>For me personally, the number row is far enough away from the home row that my fingers become inaccurate. It&amp;#x27;s not unlikely that when I reach for 7 I&amp;#x27;ll hit 6 instead. That&amp;#x27;s easy enough to correct in normal operation, less so for entering lots of numbers.&lt;p&gt;Another issue is when doing data entry or 2fa codes, one hand tends to be busy holding something. The number row is basically unusable one-handed as far as I&amp;#x27;m concerned.&lt;p&gt;And for me, mouse distance from the keyboard has never been an issue, because I use them in different scenarios. It&amp;#x27;s not often that I&amp;#x27;m dual wielding them to the point shoulder angles are a concern. If I&amp;#x27;m spending hours coding, the amount of mouse usage is going to be minimal.</text></comment>
<story><title>My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards</title><url>https://jackevansevo.github.io/my-unhealthy-relationship-with-keyboards.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pr0zac</author><text>Do you not know how to touch type without looking at the keyboard at all or have you just not learned where the numbers are? Shouldn&amp;#x27;t you take the time to learn to type correctly instead of relying on moving your entire hand just to type a number?&lt;p&gt;I truly do not mean to be insulting or anything, but I read comments like this a lot and they really confuse me. I don&amp;#x27;t need a numpad because I know how to touch type and don&amp;#x27;t have trouble putting in numbers with the number row without looking, I never used the numpad even when I had a keyboard that had one.&lt;p&gt;For why I got a board without it, ergonomics. My mouse is where the numpad would&amp;#x27;ve been. Having a shorter keyboard reduces the distance between my hands at the points where I need to use a mouse to about shoulder width, keeping my arms aligned with my shoulders and greatly reduces shoulder impinging issues I was having.</text></item><item><author>frameset</author><text>I really don&amp;#x27;t understand the numpad-less trend of fashionable keyboards. Doing any kind of number entry beyond one or two digits is very annoying without one.&lt;p&gt;They also don&amp;#x27;t take up that much space really.&lt;p&gt;If your keyboard is a portable one you pack with you on trips, I get it. If it lives on a desk, why not splash out the small amount extra to make number entry much easier.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>z500</author><text>Maybe it&amp;#x27;s because I learned to type in chat rooms and never bothered with the home row thing, but I guess I just don&amp;#x27;t type enough numbers to have muscle memory for the number row. But the numpad is stupid easy to develop muscle memory for.</text></comment>