Why keyboard shortcuts are an overpowered skill

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Using a mouse is very inefficient. Since making this video I'm using keyboard shortcuts more than ever and they have significantly boosted my productivity. Give them a try.
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[@charlieb8735]

Video editors, music producers and gamers are probably all sitting here puzzled that a video needed to be made about this lol

[@tmb8807]

What you said about it taking so many repetitions before you remember the key combinations needed is true, but for me it's also about how frequently I'm using a specific shortcut. For things I'm doing all the time, once I do it a few times, it becomes second nature. For things I don't do very regularly, I never get to that point - even if I know the key combination I need, it just never comes to mind readily enough. Quicker for me to just use the mouse in that scenario, although something I also do reasonably often is right-click to bring up a context menu somewhere, and then use a keystroke to invoke something in that menu. I am always flabbergasted at how often I see people copying & pasting exclusively using the mouse. It's almost painful to watch.

[@catalinpreda4666]

You can summon a context menu from the keyboard: older, larger windows keyboards have a dedicated button just for this somewhere on the right of the space-bar (between right alt/ win and right ctrl). My laptop is too small for those specialized keys but I can still do it with Fn + Right Ctrl. I can't guarantee it's in the same place for you but it's very standard functionality so I think there must be a way to accomplish this on any keyboard Sorry to disturb your notifications after 5 months, I just thought it's a nice trick for people to know, especially since context/r-ctrl is very close to the arrow keys and enter so the transition to trigger one of the options is fast & easy. You can easily close the menu with alt, tab or escape. If you start your navigation with up arrow you'll go through the options from the bottom up and vice versa with down arrow so you can traverse the list the short way to your desired option. Right/left arrows can open/close nested menus

[@tmb8807]

@@catalinpreda4666 Yes, I do that sometimes as well. Problem there though is that which context menu is triggered by that key is dependent on where focus is at that moment. By just right-clicking you kill two birds with one stone. Useful sometimes though, for sure.

[@samuele5931]

I would be more interested about ergonomics and avoiding RSI. For example I would love to see some science on monospace font, Color scheme or what are the best keyboard to program with.

[@dr.andreasleofaulstich4125]

When Microsoft switched from menues with underlined key-shortcuts to icons and tiles Windows and Office got a lot worse.

[@TheCidraque]

Is gonna be hard to play Escape from Tarkov without mouse but I'll try

[@FrancoisSchnell]

People can also do custom shortcuts with AutoHotKey on Windows or AutoKey on Linux. For example I use Left Alt + jikl for arrows so i never need to move my right hand to search for arrows.

[@becs-ps1bb]

I use both, but I never take my fingers off the arrow keys. My only issue is that I can't find the same functions on AutoKey as on AHK. For example, I can't remap the mouse. Can you find better piece of softwr?

[@abdelrahmandwedar]

I use vim motions for code editing and even in blogs writing. I find the idea of keyboard shurtcuts every useful, even more than anything else. Vim is just one of many keyboards shurtcuts set, you can have whatever, and learn it, it'll make you a super super user.

[@raimitodd]

i always use keyboard shortcuts whenever available. i only use the trackpad in my laptop, don't use mouse despite owning one. yet i saw many of my colleagues work somewhat faster especially on the works that require pointing, especially when they've been so accustomed working with mouses. so i think it depends on the type of work you do on a computer.

[@PossumMedic]

FPS players can confirm 😂

[@Yoda63]

I use keyboard shortcuts all the time. Something that drives me crazy is when hitting the return key doesn’t activate the “ok” button on a dialog box. So frustrating! 😡

[@niklaskras5498]

Here is what i do: i have a mmorpg mouse. Designed for gaming with 12 keys on the side. On those keys i have shortcuts like copy and paste, last window, next and previous tab, new tab, close tab and many more. I do that for almost 10 years now and love it.

[@Darth_Insidious]

The keyboard is the reason why I will always have a computer.

[@bigboi9049]

Can you make a video teaching us the most useful keyboard shortcuts?

[@NaNa-cq8ck]

type those last 4 words in youtube search bar, you'll find tons of those.

[@techdiyer5290]

Everything in moderation. In the design software i use, shortcuts make everything go super fast, and then when you go to save as, i use the mouse. its faster than hitting tab 15 times

[@vandorlokronika9581]

It would be interesting to see comparing Vim and Emacs short cuts with modern editor short cuts like VS code. Wondering that old traditional editors are much fast because their users don't use mouse like many modern editors users do and it can be eliminated by properly learning VS code's short cuts. Or maybe traditional editors are actually faster independently of the mouse because of their keybindings are much closer to the home directory (hjkl and other letters) on the keyboard and usually leaving out the arrow keys, home, end etc. which are farther modern editors generally use them.

[@davidpeterson5472]

Just look at the RTS community. All the best players use every shortcut their game offers. It frequently makes the difference between winning and losing.

[@trewaldo]

Great insights! I like the approach of comparison between use of mouse vs keyboard shortcuts. 🤓 I notice you have a copy of Hello World by Hannah Fry, one of my favorite books by my favorite author! Hope to hear or read your reviews on this book. Cheers!

[@grahamsmith5780]

I’m sure I’m not the only VIM text editor user who is smiling watching this

[@nikolaykostishen6402]

Thanks!

[@rnvaamonde]

There are things that I just can't imagine doing faster without the mouse. For example, opening one of my 27 browser tabs without having to tab one by one.

[@thorshin7357]

Great video!

[@CollinsK_]

Are there any keyboard shortcuts to like and subscribe?

[@EnterpriseKnight]

I love the mouse, but damn if 95% of my workflow revolves around shortcuts and my autohotkey scripts. Hell, I even have a autohotkey that turns my keyboard into a mouse.

[@Harrison_Aoe]

realistically best shortcuts are find (ctrl + f) , copy (ctrl + c) and paste (ctrl + v) as they are used with 1 hand, usually follow one another and that you still use your mouse on the other hand. Its not what is better but how can you use both to your advantage. Top tip would be to keep upping your mouse sensitivity so that you can move across the entire screen by just moving the wrist very slightly instead of the whole arm. poor short cuts are when you have to take your hand off the mouse for like print (ctrl + p) there is pretty much gain from it.

[@MecchaKakkoi]

Not to mention the physical injury that can result from continuous mouse use!

[@gilesmcmullen]

It came up in a lot of the research, but keyboards can also cause injury. I didn't want to imply that keyboards are less likely to cause injury.

[@MecchaKakkoi]

@@gilesmcmullen Yes, this is true. I switched to ergonomic versions of both a few years ago and it helped a lot!

[@midlander8186]

Not a persuasive argument. I kept thinking different software programs have different keyboard shortcuts. The video's author answered this question in little measure when at the end of the video he said to use the keyboard shortcuts for the programs one uses most.

[@sma_bari]

so how can I make myself a full keyboard user? is there any full guide to it?

[@nabeelsiddiqui3377]

So I should switch back to Vim is what you’re saying

[@fairphoneuser9009]

You could, but you don't need to. Most programs can be easily used with hotkeys...

[@adrianfisher3349]

I use vim on an OpenBSD desktop running cwm. I prefer the keyboard.

[@Looki2000]

How about a scroll wheel? How about programs that have poor support for shortcuts? How about websites like KZbin? In fact any website.

[@angusclifford-skinner6945]

“I have a feeling that keyboard shortcuts are faster” ofc they are, literally everyone knows that

[@alrizo1115]

No mouse for competitive gaming? Even video/3D professionals use mouse aside from memorizing and making keyboard shortcuts. It's a combination of both.

[@dasPathos]

I use the trackpad instead of a mouse even on a desktop computer (Mac)

[@kevincage1641]

I was always taught that what separates the System Engineers from everybody else was that true System Engineers never use GUI. No mouse usage has a certain mystique. Also you never reveal which keystrokes used.

[@HandlingSmilus]

Noobs: keyboard > mouse RTS fans: first time?

[@dave_di]

This man is speaking facts and science

[@Ravikumar-nc9bz]

i like Ctlr +c and cltr +v . Best shorcut

[@macalotaff5063]

Thank you universe

[@mrcrackerist]

Me using NeoVim and feel the differentiation.

[@himalkunwar9]

5:55

[@duartelucas5746]

There is a significant cognitive load in having to know this things. But hey, to each his own!

[@duartelucas5746]

*these

[@ibrahimseck8520]

Switching from Windows 10 to ubuntu to stop using a mouse

[@sarpsarp8987]

I never use mouse. There is touch pad in laptops.

[@7rollface]

There seem to be things lacking here, and some suspect claims. For the latter, the idea that it takes 3 seconds to move the pointer halfway across the screen with a mouse is ridiculous on the face of it. Even people who are bad at computers don't take that long. For the former, what's perhaps a more useful comparison than clicking menus vs hotkeys is mouse gestures vs. hotkeys. There's also the question of how easy things are to navigate around without a mouse. Here on KZbin, for example, whether right arrow skips ahead on a video or turns up the volume depends on what's in focus. And to go from being focused on the timeline to the text box to leave a comment takes 21 tab presses. You can't say that that's faster than clicking with a mouse. Not to mention little things like scrolling up and down a webpage being smoother and feeling more connected to it with a scroll wheel. With arrow keys you not only have to be in focus, but there's also acceleration, and page up & down again you have to be in focus for and they're really abrupt.

[@PossumMedic]

I didn't know anyone didn't use shortcuts 😂 Hint: Shift + ? shows the KZbin shortcuts 😎

[@bigbogeyface]

What about the programmable, multibutton mouse? You can have the keyboard shortcuts programmed right into one click, thus: eradicating the time take to move your hand from the mouse to the keyboard. 😃👍

[@monkfoobar]

One word, VIM

[@seanmacfoy5326]

Julie... as in julyin - for sure my guy is using sci-hub

[@jjpp1993]

I thought this was a vim promotion video

[@rckbrgr]

Okay, instead of going for a haircut, dig a little deeper. Give some insight into users with hand dexterity issues, be they from disability or just aging. Then what about other keyboard strategies like the one used by the Vimium web browser add-on, which uses the ‘F’ key to highlight the mouse targets with two or three-letter codes to activate the mouse target?

[@iandthopper]

Vim. Just Vim.

[@TradieTrev]

When normies get the concept of the computer is just a tool in your shed; That's the time they'll start using keyboard shortcuts. Easy enough concept to learn when you're doing development work IMHO.

[@fairphoneuser9009]

Bloody hell, why couldn't you just write the point of the video in the title instead of being clickbaity?

[@joytekb]

I guess I think therefore I subscribe.

[@Zoronoa01]

Use vim, join us!!!

[@mattgumbley1317]

Don’t use a mouse but do print off pdfs to read them / own a printer

[@NaNa-cq8ck]

not defending him but hard copies are far more superior when you need to grind through a lot of reading than digital devices. not to mention the many ways to get distracted in those devices.

[@mattgumbley1317]

@@NaNa-cq8ck suppose it’s subjective it’s it. If this video is about efficiency across users of a type of system, I just think it’s funny to print off pdfs. Rather than just read them. I still thinks it’s strange when people turn up to meetings with a pen though. I haven’t owned a printer for at least ten years.

[@whoami6821]

mac trackpad is the best.......while windows trackpad is .....

[@lucaspinto4154]

What is the keyboard shortcut for liking this video? 😆

[@kavilwagh]

Why is this viewed so much he dint share any information what a waste of time

[@OleksiiLytvynenko]

Honestly, did we really need all that pseudo scientific papers to make sure that shortcut make your interaction with a computer faster.

[@rp7390]

So, if those papers are "pseudo-scientific", what papers are "proper" science then, I wonder?

[@nabeelsiddiqui3377]

I don’t think you know what “pseudo scientific” means.

[@OleksiiLytvynenko]

@@nabeelsiddiqui3377 tonnes of scientific papers are of low quality, biased and/or irreproducible. What is more, if you are not a scientist, like the author of this channel, you just not able to properly analyze these papers.

[@pickyyeeter]

@@OleksiiLytvynenko One doesn't need to be a scientist to comprehend scientific papers. The superiority complex in STEM fields needs to die off.

[@OleksiiLytvynenko]

@@pickyyeeter agree with you. But still, it requires a certain amount of skills and understanding of the scientific method. Because misunderstanding of scientific findings by deletants, for example, journalists leads to misleading claims and results in the spreading of harmful misconceptions.

[@msm32]

first

[@REAL-UNKNOWN-SHINOBI]

This is a stupid idea

[@REAL-UNKNOWN-SHINOBI]

Also why we're on that idea why don't we just get rid of the keyboard also?

[@pmk5516]

Ask chatGPT, will show you shortcuts and write your code =)

[@davidcmpeterson]

You really really need to discover Sci-Hub! Will make your life so so much better