A few months ago the trackpad in my work computer stopped working properly. Instead of getting it fixed, I took it as challenge to stop using the mouse entirely. Here are the things I learned and rediscovered.
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https://felipecortez.net/blog/mouseless.html
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Make your life harder
Laughed out loud at this. My coworkers already think I’m pretty odd, talking about vim and lisps 
But I do agree about going mouseless. The way I have gone about it though is using keyboard macros to move cursor, when needed. Thankfully it’s not that often. I only use mouse when I’m eating at the same time or gaming.
The text cursor yes? Certainly hope not the mouse cursor? ^.^;
Nope, mouse cursor. Programmable keyboard and all. Button (combination) for mouse directions, buttons and scroll wheel directions.
That honestly sounds horrifying, lol. I use a script (via xdotools) so I can hit a key then use 1 to 9 to select a 3x3 area on the screen, and repeat as I wish with a 3x3 inside ‘that’ area until the mouse is where I want then send whatever interface I want like a click, very few keys to press, very very fast to use. ^.^
I have sooooo many xdotool scripts… I wonder if wayland has some similar tool… I could always make my own HID driver I guess for most of that stuff, but still need to know how to get window information or so…
The main thing I’ve discovered when trying to navigate a typical web app without a mouse… is that the devs never thought about what someone without a mouse might be going through. Very simple sites might have items “tabbable” in the correct order, but once it starts getting at all complex, you’ll be tabbing all over the place, often with no clue where the focus is. 
Well, I live in terminal / tmux, so not much usage of mouse anyway. But it’s nice to have the option to scroll a page or click around a bit without lifting hands from keyboard
