WARNING: Mouseless 0.4 might change how you computer (even faster clicks, RSI prevention, and more) (www.youtube.com)
from Makan@lemmygrad.ml to technology@lemmy.ml on 17 Apr 01:43
https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7581912

cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/7579524

What do you all think of this?

Video is only 6 minutes and 44 seconds long.

Project is called “Mouseless” and seems to be a keyboard mod.

#technology

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tyler@programming.dev on 17 Apr 06:14 next collapse

It’s not a keyboard mod, it’s Mac software that does something that’s already freely available and open source in Hammerspoon. I’ve seen that dude acting like his project is some crazy new thing, but he just ignored the already existing software that does his thing and much more.

GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml on 17 Apr 06:31 next collapse

That’s interesting to know! Open source is the way to go where we can.

I do like using (proprietary sadly edit: see below) AutoHotkey on the Windows machine at work, aaaand thanks to learning about Hammerspoon I’ve been bitten with the itch to do this on Linux at home! :)

Edit… waaaait AHK is open-source?! Nice :) I’ll do some digging after work! :)

Makan@lemmygrad.ml on 17 Apr 13:01 collapse

Hammerspoon?

tyler@programming.dev on 18 Apr 04:55 collapse

Hammerspoon is open source macOS software that allows you to control your computer in pretty much any way you can imagine.

Makan@lemmygrad.ml on 18 Apr 11:05 collapse

Anything for Windows 11?

tyler@programming.dev on 18 Apr 16:11 collapse

AutoHotKey is the standard for windows.

Makan@lemmygrad.ml on 18 Apr 16:55 collapse

Alright, I’ll download that! Thanks!

PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml on 17 Apr 06:19 next collapse

Seems like highly specialised and complicated soft for typing demons. For anyone who is not one, it would be detrimental.

Makan@lemmygrad.ml on 17 Apr 13:00 collapse

Fair point.

interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml on 18 Apr 11:21 next collapse

Not open sourxe, I won’t even learn what it is for

Makan@lemmygrad.ml on 18 Apr 11:23 collapse

big oof

interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml on 18 Apr 13:21 collapse

I have been burned one too many time. I will not get accustomed to things that can be leveraged against me, thing that can backslide.

verdigris@lemmy.ml on 18 Apr 16:29 collapse

“look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power” meme but with Vim (or really this is a rare case where I have to hand it to emacs since it can basically run a whole OS)

Makan@lemmygrad.ml on 18 Apr 16:55 collapse

Vim?

verdigris@lemmy.ml on 18 Apr 20:23 collapse

Vim and emacs are the two most popular keyboard-driven text editors, and are something of a meme in the software world.

Really a better analogue would be tiling window managers like sway, i3, bspwm, dwm etc. but they’re also harder to get started with.