millie

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[–] millie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Oh! I feel like I'd cramp up with an index mouse, but that's neat!

I love my Ergo, honestly. The programmable buttons are really nice, and i like the horizonal scroll wheel leaning. Plus the angle is a lot more comfortable than their other ball mice.

What's really made a difference for me though is the precision mode button. It's upped my graphic design game in a major way! It honestly feels kind of like having a half-assed tablet as far as the more precise control goes! It's waaay easier to draw with, though if i were doing more freehand stuff (and could draw for shit) obviously a tablet would be better.

[–] millie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Ergo has been my daily for few years now, and some iteration of Logitech's style of thumb ball since about 2004, I'll never go back!

I asked though because i was curious to have a point of reference for looking at the differences. What do you like about the Huge?

[–] millie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They're labeled as Keychron Pros or something like that, but to my understanding they're literally just Gaterons with a different name.

Glad you're liking it! I've fallen in love with mine! Honestly, the sound never gets old! :D

[–] millie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I've got a V6, bought it around a month or so ago as my daily and it's been great. I bought it assembled, and the stock gateron browns it came with were really nicely factory lubed. Same with the stabilizers.

Four layers of electrical tape later and some nice thick ASA keycaps and it sounds amazing! Gives it a unique look without being impractical too! If you're looking to swap your knob out, guitar knobs fit pretty well, though they may be a little more flush with the case on the underside than you'd like unless you sand them down a little first.

In any case, the v6 is a great board. Really solid feeling, and VIA is a really nice workflow changer.

Also, it says that layers 0&1 are for Mac and 2&3 are for Windows, but you can use all four for whatever, that's just the default they're programmed for.

[–] millie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Thumb ball gang! What mouse is that? Have you tried Logitech's MX Ergo? If so, what do you like about yours?

[–] millie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Coley did a pretty detailed review on these if you haven't seen it!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UpGKBBu5v9w

Personally I'm not sure how i feel about the sound they make on the way back up, but i bet they feel nice!

[–] millie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How do you get yourself to learn a new keyboard format after years of typing with qwerty?

I've looked at some of these alternate options and i can see how they'd be efficient, but like, i can't see myself unlearning qwerty after decades of typing every day.

[–] millie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago

Seems like the system is working just fine!

[–] millie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Doing that on Jerboa right now. It's great!

[–] millie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Choice is the point of federation.

[–] millie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Being able to create spaces according to your needs without having your hand forced by anyone is kind of the point of the Fediverse. Beehaw can cultivate a community that fits what they want, just like Lemmy.world. That's what it's for.

There's nothing stopping you from registering on Beehaw if you want to post there and contribute to that community. But without being able to detach themselves from instances that have open registration, there's no way to even slow trolls down. Banning would be meaningless, because you can register as many accounts as you could want.

The point of the Fediverse is decentralization and choice where the default options have been a bland toxic mess.

Personally, I enjoy both the more cultivated environment of Beehaw and the bigger community feeling of Lemmy.world, so I registered with both Beehaw and Lemmy.blahaj.zone so that i can post and read whatever.

It's not about what's better, it's about choice.

[–] millie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I completely forgot about web rings, and that's honestly a great example. It really does feel like we're getting a little piece of the old Internet back; spreading out and bringing back that individualized experience. And yet the connectivity of the fediverse has the potential to give us some of the good parts of the modern Internet.

A few years down the road this will probably be looked at as a transformative time for the Internet, for better or for worse. Given the negative impact of so called 'web 2.0' social media, I'd say getting away from it could have as far reaching positive impacts as getting tied into it had toxic results.

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