[poisonborz]

I'm strongly biased against the "neckbeard" stance of keyboard superiority. GUIs evolved for a reason. Keyboard-only controls require a lot of memorisation, are less intuitively learned (besides a slim portion of OS specific traditions), muscle memory becomes tied to the hardware more strongly (layout and feel). Mouse allows to quickly point in a complex UI where elements visually describe themselves. Thumbsticks and touchpads are clunky, fingers just don't have the same precision. The downside being the constant arm movement away from keyboard.

[oliwarner]

Why are we comparing keyboard-only software though? Keyboard shortcuts are super effective in software that allows both.

Think of complex editors like Office apps or Photoshop. You can do the same things with both input methods but learning keyboard shortcuts makes each operation about five times quicker.

GUIs aren't immune to muscle-memory rigidity.