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Here's my view:

When I have my hands on the keyboard I prefer to keep them there so I use ctrl - w to close tabs, ctrl-t to open a new tab etc.

When I have my hand on the mouse I prefer to keep it there so I used to love mouse gestures on older Firefox versions at least.

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This. Using both (and touch as well sometimes), the right tool at the right time for the job at hand, is what is the fastest for me. Doesnt matter whether it's editing or browsing or ...

What do you mean with older FF? I've been using mouse gestures for decades (Opera anyone?) and I still use the same ones today on FF. Different extension/plugin of course, but works the way it should?

Agreed! I have a keyboard full of OS-level macros and I've rebound the extra buttons on my mouse to ctrl+c, ctrl+v, and enter. If I'm leaning back and browsing through docs, I want to be able to move text around and execute commands without reaching for the keyboard.

I found a nice solution to this with an MMO mouse. I have a Logitech G600 with 12 keys on the side and I mapped them to my most common operations like opening and closing tabs or moving between workspaces.

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Use vim shortcuts in all the programs, so you never have to use the mouse or learn new keyboard shortcuts.

For Firefox something like Vimium works well.

Qutebrowser is one of my dearest loves. I wish every browser was Qutebrowser. <3

When I open a text editor, I want to type text. Vim won’t let me do that without explicitly telling it that I want to.

Most of the time you are using a browser, I can almost guarantee you’re not typing text. Likewise, but to a lesser extent, I bet most of your editor time is spent reading and doing minor tweaks instead of pure insert mode.

Not in my case.

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