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Use Cases for Particular Profiles? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 3 years ago by techwooded@lemmy.ca to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml
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New(er) to the trend, and I was just curious if there were any particular uses for when one key profile is better ergonomically/functionally/etc or if it's always more just an aesthetic/preference reason

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[-] Lodra@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago

One idea comes to my mind pretty quick. If you're not using qwerty or have an unusual layout, keybinds for certain apps turns into a sudden project. It would definitely affect gamers who frequently switch games and rely heavily on default keybinds and standard keyboard layouts. Just switching to a basic qwerty layout for gaming would simplify that quite a lot

[-] hdsrob@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just switching to a basic qwerty layout for gaming would simplify that quite a lot

This ... I've been a Dvorak typist for 15+ years. I have a qwerty layer for gaming, and a second Dvorak layer for when I switch from Windows to MAC so that I can use my same single key chords (cut / copy / paste / undo / redo / etc).

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago

For me it's just aesthetic; I've used OEM (and OEM-like) profiles, XDA and SA. I've not found one to be definitely better than the others. There's definitely some differences to noise, but noise is something I don't care about.

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