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[–] abfarid@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In the very least, something more rounded and ergonomic than a row of buttons, something that lays out the buttons in such a way that they are more easily reachable without moving or contorting your hand. Fewer buttons for the pinky, more buttons for the thumb, which is now pretty much only used to hit spacebar. Maybe a big analog stick that sits under your palm, so you can tilt your entire hand to move (IDK how how useful that would be, but you wanted me to imagine something), leaving your fingers free to perform other actions.

[–] VOwOxel@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are ergonomic keyboards for those that want them. Look up something like the "Glove80" Keyboard.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Having an ergonomic keyboard is a step in the right direction, but it's still a device for entering text.

[–] VOwOxel@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

Which is a good thing, I think. The good thing about keyboards is that they can control (to various degrees of efficiency) everything going on on a computer. It's an allrounder and imo does many things well. I'm not denying that there may be better ways to play games (although some outright require a kb, e.g. games with a text chat), but games supporting keyboards is good and natural considering their allrounder nature.