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by payne92 2210 days ago
Latency matters a lot, and it's one of the least-appreciated aspects of UX design.

I (accidentally) dropped my desktop Linux system into pure console mode the other day and realized how much FASTER it felt just because of the improvement in keyboard latency.

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Some applications have noticeably better keyboard latency than others on my Linux system. Kitty, Emacs and Chromium beat most QT apps and Firefox by a mile. Also, latency is much better for me in Wayland than in (composited) X (sway vs i3). Not sure why that is.