In many modern environments the second I start scrolling my eyes start to bleed. Yes, I want 60 fps min. That was the first part. The second part is about stability. 20 fps may be enough for typing, but it needs to be 20 fps all the time. Not the average between 1 and 60, it is makes IDEs unusable.
If FPS is NOT an important metric in text editing, you are doing something wrong. Otherwise, good points.
Computer science is a branch of math. And while it has applications in software, most developers do not interact with it, only using existing implementations of CS results.
Move the wheel under the thumb. Until then it’s anything but ergonomic.
Exactly. If you are a coder and care about ergonomics of layouts, get split programmable keyboard, do not try to find good layout for normal keyboard, they do not exist. I personally do not like the particular keyboard at the picture, but there are many others to choose from and find a good fit for everyone.
It is also a “refactoring”.