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by guylhem 4108 days ago
You're missing one thing - a mouse easy to access, as on the thinkpad where it's in the home row. If only for browsing, a mouse is a godsend.

There's something not bad for the ergodox on https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=55960.0 but it would be better on a thumb.

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Some custom keyboards have a TrackPoint - I don't know how well it works but I really liked it in the X220: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/tex-yoda?mode=guest_open
Oh wow. I so want that. Thanks for posting.
Me too - drop requested :)
I believe technomancy has said he uses Conkeror, a heavily keyboard-based browser (that I highly recommend), so he has little use for a mouse :)

(As a fellow Emacs and Conkeror user, the time is rare that I have to touch my mouse.)

That's correct; I don't use the mouse for everyday computing, just for occasional game playing. The last time I used it nontrivially for work was when I did the PCB design for the Atreus.