VeryFrugal@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoOnly me?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1498arrow-down16
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minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up49arrow-down2·2 months agoNo, you’re 100% right. The only reason it’s this way is this: https://pikuma.com/blog/origins-of-vim-text-editor These literally were the arrow keys on the machine that vim was originally developed on.
minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoWhy the hell didn’t they go with JIKL or something instead then, so the pattern at least resembles the direction it navigates?
minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·2 months agoThis really just shows how fundamentally terrible product developers engineers are.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI remember going from using Z/X/C+mouse2 for left/backpedal/right+forward WASD was such an adjustment
minus-squarearadgus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoso your finges dont have to leave the home row. Its acually peak when you used hjkl for some time
minus-squaretpihkal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoYou should boycott vim. That’ll teach 'em.
No, you’re 100% right. The only reason it’s this way is this: https://pikuma.com/blog/origins-of-vim-text-editor
These literally were the arrow keys on the machine that vim was originally developed on.
Why the hell didn’t they go with JIKL or something instead then, so the pattern at least resembles the direction it navigates?
Wasd was revolutionary at the time
This really just shows how fundamentally terrible product developers engineers are.
I remember going from using Z/X/C+mouse2 for left/backpedal/right+forward WASD was such an adjustment
so your finges dont have to leave the home row. Its acually peak when you used hjkl for some time
You should boycott vim. That’ll teach 'em.