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Re: Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows

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Opensource alternatives: - https://github.com/moverest/wl-kbptr - https://github.com/petoncle/mousemaster - https://github.com/y3owk1n/neru - https://github.com/mjrusso/scoot - https://github.com/jbensmann/mouseless - https://github.com/rvaiya/warpd (not really maintained anymore)

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Re: Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows

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post #20

Or you could use tab, arrow keys, page up/down, enter...

That's OK in menus and the OS in general but if you're working on a web app or big form tabbing through it can be a PITA.

If you have a big form to fill in, surely its going to take longer to type in the coordinates of each text box and get the mouse to click them rather than just hitting tab to select the next input element?

Re: Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows

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post #19

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Then don't buy it. Not everything in the world needs to be made free just for you.

Nah, this is a very good point; I've seen things similar to this in the past and it's a cool idea -- but "subscription modeling" every little tool is not a good path to keep going down. Free and open source is important and it's perfectly fine to be critical here.

i bought it for like 4 bucks several months ago. for the price (and subscription tier) i'm seeing now, i wouldn't say it's worth it.

Re: Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows

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post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then don't buy it. Not everything in the world needs to be made free just for you.

Nah, this is a very good point; I've seen things similar to this in the past and it's a cool idea -- but "subscription modeling" every little tool is not a good path to keep going down. Free and open source is important and it's perfectly fine to be critical here.

Demanding everything be free and open source is important if you don't want independent developers to be able to make a living, and instead wish to create a world where the vast majority of software is controlled by big tech, who are the benefactors of "free" software. The less you're willing to pay people making good software, the more territory predatory ad/tracking-fueled "free" software gets. The more territory you give them, the more they're going to buy out open source software to destroy. We see this happening more and more recently, with uv, bun, vite etc. being bought out - if they can't put food on the table, they will sell out to monopolists.

I agree that I would never pay a subscription fee for any kind of system functionality, but there is a lifetime purchase option available, so there is no grounds to critique that here. Having extra payments models available in addition to a regular purchase model does not make a product worse.

Re: Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows

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Opensource alternatives: - https://github.com/moverest/wl-kbptr - https://github.com/petoncle/mousemaster - https://github.com/y3owk1n/neru - https://github.com/mjrusso/scoot - https://github.com/jbensmann/mouseless - https://github.com/rvaiya/warpd (not really maintained anymore)

Another new one is stochos: https://github.com/museslabs/stochos

Disclaimer: I'm one of the authors/maintainers.

Re: Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows

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post #20

Or you could use tab, arrow keys, page up/down, enter...

That's OK in menus and the OS in general but if you're working on a web app or big form tabbing through it can be a PITA.

Let me introduce you to https://tridactyl.xyz
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