Hacker News Reader

Comment by hyperion2010 | Hacker News Reader

hyperion2010·

Counterpoint. I won't use a keyboard without one. I use a mechanical keyboard with a trackpoint. Not having a trackpoint means that I don't even have to think about whether I will buy a laptop, I already know that I won't. Touchpads have gotten better, but nothing beats the nub.

That being said, every laptop I have ever owned has had a trackpoint, so I'm a definitely biased.

View on HN

When I am on any laptop, the first impulse for me has always been to reach for the TrackPoint. I always get disoriented for a moment when it isn't on a laptop keyboard. I take the device for granted :)

I really really do hope framework will add a trackpoint option in the future. I would hate to unlearn this comfortable feature now.

> I use a mechanical keyboard with a trackpoint. Not having a trackpoint means that I don't even have to think about whether I will buy a laptop, I already know that I won't.

Same here. TEX Shinobi?

Yep.

:) We are legion

Did you build that keyboard yourself, or buy it pre-made? If the former, where did you get the trackpoint? I have a Dactyl-Manuform that is nearly perfect, modulo the trackpoint (and wireless, better firmware than QMK, and a few other things), and I'm looking for one that I can use without cannibalizing an innocent thinkpad keyboard.

I started out building my own (story for another account) but now that TEX makes the Shinobi [0] it is my daily driver. There are some split mechs that have been modded [1,2] which are closer the Dactyl, but that would definitely be a custom job.

0. https://tex.com.tw/products/shinobi 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/hz8flk/ergonomic_... 2. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=82599.0

Reply on news.ycombinator.com