No Mouse on macOS: The Trio

13 points·godbout··6 comments

just took about three years of daily engineering:

1. Vim motions everywhere: https://kindavim.app

2. Reach the UI: https://wooshy.app

3. Scroll with keyboard: https://scrolla.app

hopefully it's useful, not only to me.

I'm using Scrolla. Initially I had used vim-like extensions for browsers. Obviously Firefox and Chrome extensions are eras ahead of Safari's. Scrolla was like: "hey, I can get this everywhere on my system".

Wooshy and kindaVim are more or less in trial mode (I'm paying for the latter). I'm not yet relying on them heavily.

I do appreciate the foundation of these apps though and I'm very happy to have them around.

thanks for the feedback. personally, not sure if it's because i've been using the apps so much while developing, but i can't use macOS without them now. it's a bit like Alfred to me. as soon as i start my Mac, i need those running. anyways, whether paying or not, i'm happy that they're useful to you. i've spend almost three years fulltime building them for myself for various reasons. the fact that they help other people is definitely a massive bonus!

If you get a keyboard with QMK firmware, you can map key combinations to send mouse commands. I use fn+arrow keys to move the cursor around the screen, and a couple other keys mapped to right and left clicks.

Wooshy looks incredible though.

personally i stick to Apple Magic Keyboard. also i like to stick to Vim motions :p

I would include Magnet in this, for quickly organizing windows

haha yes. i use it all the time. this post was about the three apps i've created to get rid of my mouse :))

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