Comment on The New 8bitdo Retro Keyboard shipped early. Small-ish Male Hand for scale.

Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Dax87@forum.stellarcastle.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  thats why these arre called tenkeyless :)

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• shitescalates@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I almost ordered, but this was a deal breaker.

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  • Jabbawacky@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Same, plus no UK ISO layout options.

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    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s the real kicker. Ain’t gonna see me using the shittt ANSI enter, and the lack of a backwards slash between the shift and Z key

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      • Jabbawacky@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yep, it’s just a bit frustrating really. All they need to do is throw in some extra keycaps into the box.

        I just cannot do ANSI. there is no reversing 30 years of muscle memory.

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  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    deal maker for me bro.

    ain’t nobody got time in life for tenkey

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    • altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Full size or bust!

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      • CheatMageLVL99@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Different strokes for different folks, my dude doesn’t deserve downvotes for his opinion.

        My desk space is minimal so I loved this TKL version.

        Also just got mine and am loving those additional buttons for save state hotkeys.

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• Selmafudd@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  TKL - I actually used one of these for years, will a bit smaller than the one pictured, felt really comfortable gaming because your mouse is closer to the centre. But yeah as so as I had to WFH it got replaced for an almost full size

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  • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You accidentally made me realize something. The keypad would probably be better on the left than right. There’s nothing to the left of most people’s keyboards, and presumably you have your keyboard positioned in the best place for your hands regardless of keyboard layout. Shift the keypad, and other buttons, to the left instead of right would make more room for the mouse.

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    • Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The point is that about 90+% of people can’t use the numpad with their left hand.

      And if you really, really want this feature, look for keyboards with detachable or separate numpads. Ages ago, I’ve seen such a thing where you had four modules that you could arrange in any order: Keypad, cursorpad, numpad, trackball. Today, you can easily get separate USB numpads.

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    • Zeus@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      i’m firmly of the belief that it’s designed to be on the left

      if you use a calculator with your left hand, A) your thumb (strongest digit) rests on = (most used button, and B) you can write with your right hand

      then some wacko put it on the right of the keyboard, so enter is on your little finger and the mouse is miles away[^1] and now we have to live with the consequences

      [^1]: yes i realise mouses weren’t around when this layout was designed

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• WarmSoda@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Nintendo has transcended the ten numbers.

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