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90% of the mechanical keyboards have no numeric pad... why ?

Jul 27, 2017

I think the idea came from HHKB, a keyboard you could drag into the server room, or to a clients office, so portability was important. Software developers and Admins never really use the number pad, we tend to need the symbols as much if not more, so we are already on the number keys making the number pad redundant.
Then there is ergonomics. Having the number pad on the right and the mouse on the right as well means your right arm is way out there which is really hard on your shoulder. Moving the mouse or the number pad to the left makes since here.
Finally, you have keypads, what makes a number pad good is often not the same as what makes your keyboard good. The switches and keycaps may need to be different. You can also push it out of the way.
Personally I would like to see a keyboard with the number pad in the middle.

Jul 27, 2017

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jceaserNever? IP addressing using the numpad is sssoooooooooossososososoosoososos much better than using the number row.

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