• Soapbox1858@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    I have a full-sized and a 96%. I don’t know how people live without a numpad. Even my laptop has a numpad. I don’t do excel shit. But at work I have to enter alot of phone and CC numbers. At home I use the numpad for rating photos when sorting and importing them.

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      12 hours ago

      I don’t know how people live without a numpad

      Simple, they don’t need to do all those specific things you use yours for!

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      2 days ago

      I use the number pad for various keybinds in games where there are too many things to control with the keys I regularly use.

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        2 days ago

        Are you Grubby? No actual human uses number pad for keybinds in games, only game Gods who learned before there were real alternatives.

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          2 days ago

          The numpad is still a popular option in roguelikes. It’s also worth noting that sometimes the ortholinear layout of numpad keys is more appropriate than the staggered layout of letter keys.

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          I use it for keybinds that I don’t use very often, but still need on occasion. Frees up the other keys for more important stuff. Very useful for weapon hotkeys in games like Fallout when I have a ton of guns.

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      Yeah 96% is great for me. I work in commercial credit analysis and I’m constantly typing numbers (account numbers/financial information/etc) so not having a number pad would suck. I work from home like 75% of the time and my work space is shared with my personal computing space. I have 1 keyboard that’s Bluetooth so I can swap between my personal desktop, personal laptop, and my work laptop. Same with my mouse. Sometimes I do think about getting a smaller keyboard and adding a separate numpad that can tuck out of the way when I’m not working as I don’t use it much for personal computing.