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[–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 15 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I've been moving toward preferring full keyboards, but I wish it were more normalized for them to put the numpad on the left side.

[–] sverit@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

With the Everest Max you can choose on which side you dock your numpad: https://mountain.gg/keyboards/everest-max/

[–] 5paceThunder@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm not sure if I would start sane if the number pad was on the left side.

I'd have to try it

[–] _bcron@midwest.social 0 points 1 day ago

I bind the mouse thumb buttons to win+ctrl+left/right to flip back and forth between virtual desktops and just use my thumb to toggle back and forth between something with numbers I need to look at, and something I need to add those numbers to. But camping left hand on numpad way over to the right eventually feels awkward, it'd probably feel more comfortable to have numpad to the left more closely aligned to my left shoulder because my right hand never moves off my mouse for nothing

[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's interesting. What is your advantage moving the numpad?

I could kind of understand if it's a left handed thing, though I'm left handed and have always used right handed peripherals. Maybe I got beaten into the right handed world at a young age and never thought there was another option.

I wonder if my K:D ratio on CS:GO would improve if I assumed with my left hand...

[–] RichardDegenne@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago

It gets your mouse closer to the actual keyboard.

When you let go of the keyboard to get your mouse with a full, you have to go over to the numpad, even though you don't use it very often. It puts your right hand in a position that's not very natural, at least to me.

[–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

I should say, I'd rather have both the numpad and arrow key column on the left. I'm right handed. One benefit would is less travel anytime you need to move your hand from your mouse to keyboard and back, as well as those relative distances promoting slightly more even/ergonomic arm positioning.

The other benefit is that I might actually be inclined to use the numpad for games instead of wasd, which would free up the rest of the keyboard for more shortcuts.