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It made my sentiments very much favour keyboard-driven workflows", "excerpt": "I do agree to some extent, but were GUIs not made specifically to reduce so much reliance on the keyboard? And a few people here did mention that this \"fully keyboard-driven\" workflow would probably be used by power users primarily. Like anything else in life, I think there's no single answer to this. But for people interested in seeing the difference between mouse-driven vs keyboard-driven flows while web browsing, ", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard-driven web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven"}, {"id": 753386304, "item_id": 47086644, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47086644", "by": "hxugufjfjf", "date": "2026-02-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Look for software that supports those vi keybindings, for example Vimium in the browser", "excerpt": "Don't think so much about learning Vim itself. Learn vi(m) motions and apply them everywhere. Look for software that supports those vi keybindings, for example Vimium in the browser or the vim keybindings plugin for VSCode if that is something you use. You'll arguably be faster at navigating a computer in general, and if not, you can still get enjoyment of how fast you'll feel. If you decide to go down this route, ch", "context": "", "use_case": "vi keybindings in browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Is it worth learning Vim in 2026?"}]}, {"text": " which commenters say makes them noticeably faster and more productive.", "cites": [{"id": 784318304, "item_id": 49019894, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49019894", "by": "mihau", "date": "2026-07-23", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Vimium every day, and it makes me so much faster.", "excerpt": "Hello! I\u2019m a big fan of tools and apps that make common (preferably all) actions directly accessible from the keyboard. For example, I use Vimium every day, and it makes me so much faster. When I'm in the zone, using it feels like I'm \"flying\" :D At the same time, people often use multiple displays with tons of windows open across multiple apps. Switching between these using the mouse, cmd+tab or Spotlight (by typing", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard browser navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "Window Hints \u2013 Keyboard-first window switching"}, {"id": 791763424, "item_id": 49485214, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485214", "by": "jonbrauninddott", "date": "2026-08-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I highly recommend it, it's such a productivity booster", "excerpt": "https://vimium.github.io/ Hacker browser: allows to navigate browsers without ever needing to use the mouse. 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(I looked at 'wasavi' chrome extension which hasn't been updated in 8 years [0] and the website's down [1]) [0] https://github.com/akahuku/wasavi [1] http://appsweets.net/wasavi/", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard navigation in browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Making macOS Bearable"}]}], "praise": [{"label": "Mouse-free navigation", "summary": "Lets users navigate the browser almost entirely without touching the mouse.", "quotes": [{"id": 791763200, "item_id": 49485200, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485200", "by": "jonbrauninddott", "date": "2026-08-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend vimium https://vimium.github.io/", "excerpt": "For people who want to navigate browsers only with the keyboard, I recommend vimium https://vimium.github.io/ It's a plugin that enables many keyboard shortcuts, so that you almost don't need to touch the mouse to navigate. 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It made my sentiments very much favour keyboard-driven workflows", "excerpt": "I do agree to some extent, but were GUIs not made specifically to reduce so much reliance on the keyboard? And a few people here did mention that this \"fully keyboard-driven\" workflow would probably be used by power users primarily. Like anything else in life, I think there's no single answer to this. But for people interested in seeing the difference between mouse-driven vs keyboard-driven flows while web browsing, ", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard-driven web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven"}]}, {"label": "Productivity boost", "summary": "Users say it makes them much faster, describing it as a productivity booster.", "quotes": [{"id": 784318304, "item_id": 49019894, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49019894", "by": "mihau", "date": "2026-07-23", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Vimium every day, and it makes me so much faster.", "excerpt": "Hello! I\u2019m a big fan of tools and apps that make common (preferably all) actions directly accessible from the keyboard. For example, I use Vimium every day, and it makes me so much faster. When I'm in the zone, using it feels like I'm \"flying\" :D At the same time, people often use multiple displays with tons of windows open across multiple apps. Switching between these using the mouse, cmd+tab or Spotlight (by typing", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard browser navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "Window Hints \u2013 Keyboard-first window switching"}, {"id": 791763424, "item_id": 49485214, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485214", "by": "jonbrauninddott", "date": "2026-08-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I highly recommend it, it's such a productivity booster", "excerpt": "https://vimium.github.io/ Hacker browser: allows to navigate browsers without ever needing to use the mouse. I highly recommend it, it's such a productivity booster", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard-driven browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven"}, {"id": 791763200, "item_id": 49485200, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485200", "by": "jonbrauninddott", "date": "2026-08-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend vimium https://vimium.github.io/", "excerpt": "For people who want to navigate browsers only with the keyboard, I recommend vimium https://vimium.github.io/ It's a plugin that enables many keyboard shortcuts, so that you almost don't need to touch the mouse to navigate. For me, it's such a productivity booster, especially the ability to navigate links without pointing at them to click", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard-only browser navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven"}]}, {"label": "Vim motions everywhere", "summary": "Suggested as a way to apply Vim keybindings in the browser alongside Vim in the editor.", "quotes": [{"id": 753386304, "item_id": 47086644, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47086644", "by": "hxugufjfjf", "date": "2026-02-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Look for software that supports those vi keybindings, for example Vimium in the browser", "excerpt": "Don't think so much about learning Vim itself. Learn vi(m) motions and apply them everywhere. Look for software that supports those vi keybindings, for example Vimium in the browser or the vim keybindings plugin for VSCode if that is something you use. You'll arguably be faster at navigating a computer in general, and if not, you can still get enjoyment of how fast you'll feel. If you decide to go down this route, ch", "context": "", "use_case": "vi keybindings in browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Is it worth learning Vim in 2026?"}, {"id": 744202579, "item_id": 46512661, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46512661", "by": "avanwyk", "date": "2026-01-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "And also Vimium in the browser is great.", "excerpt": "Others have echoed the same, but I also switched from VSCode to Zed, but then put in the effort to learn Neovim (Lazyvim) properly, and I haven't looked back. Writing code feels exciting again. I recommend something like https://github.com/adomokos/Vim-Katas to accelerate muscle memory. And also Vimium in the browser is great.", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard browser navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched from VSCode to Zed"}, {"id": 774607168, "item_id": 48412948, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48412948", "by": "alentred", "date": "2026-06-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Vimium in my browser and HN is great to navigate with it", "excerpt": "Sometimes when I am too tired, I lean back in my chair and click through Hacker News or something similar. I use Vimium in my browser and HN is great to navigate with it, but that's the not the point - the whole point is I don't want to sit above my keyboard with my hands on the home row. I consider myself a \"keyboard power user\" if this is a thing anyway, and I really dig the home row thing (Vimmer for 20+ years now", "context": "keyboard power user", "use_case": "keyboard browser navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "Mouseless \u2013 keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows"}]}, {"label": "Link hinting", "summary": "Following links without pointing at them is singled out as a favorite feature.", "quotes": [{"id": 791763200, "item_id": 49485200, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485200", "by": "jonbrauninddott", "date": "2026-08-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend vimium https://vimium.github.io/", "excerpt": "For people who want to navigate browsers only with the keyboard, I recommend vimium https://vimium.github.io/ It's a plugin that enables many keyboard shortcuts, so that you almost don't need to touch the mouse to navigate. For me, it's such a productivity booster, especially the ability to navigate links without pointing at them to click", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard-only browser navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven"}, {"id": 739421184, "item_id": 46213824, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46213824", "by": "nomilk", "date": "2025-12-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Vimium seems great for navigation.", "excerpt": "> Bypassing the Mouse.. I use Vimium in the browser. Vimium seems great for navigation. Is there any way to get vim keybindings inside text boxes? (I looked at 'wasavi' chrome extension which hasn't been updated in 8 years [0] and the website's down [1]) [0] https://github.com/akahuku/wasavi [1] http://appsweets.net/wasavi/", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard navigation in browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Making macOS Bearable"}]}, {"label": "Browsing Hacker News", "summary": "Several commenters use it to browse Hacker News, which they say navigates well with it.", "quotes": [{"id": 798080369, "item_id": 49880023, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49880023", "by": "jonny2811", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "i just browse it in firefox with vimium plugin", "excerpt": "i love me a good tui, but hackernews is one of the few websites that aren't a pain to use so i just browse it in firefox with vimium plugin.", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard navigation in browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Hntui \u2013 A TUI for Hacker News"}, {"id": 774607168, "item_id": 48412948, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48412948", "by": "alentred", "date": "2026-06-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Vimium in my browser and HN is great to navigate with it", "excerpt": "Sometimes when I am too tired, I lean back in my chair and click through Hacker News or something similar. I use Vimium in my browser and HN is great to navigate with it, but that's the not the point - the whole point is I don't want to sit above my keyboard with my hands on the home row. I consider myself a \"keyboard power user\" if this is a thing anyway, and I really dig the home row thing (Vimmer for 20+ years now", "context": "keyboard power user", "use_case": "keyboard browser navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "Mouseless \u2013 keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows"}]}, {"label": "Remappable actions", "summary": "One commenter uses it to remap most browser actions to their preferred keybindings.", "quotes": [{"id": 777860336, "item_id": 48616271, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48616271", "by": "xtajv", "date": "2026-06-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use vimium to remap most actions", "excerpt": "Regarding emacs-style kbds in firefox -- I use vimium to remap most actions, and occasionally resort to an additional global keybinding helper app (e.g. BetterTouchTool on macOS).", "context": "Firefox user", "use_case": "keyboard remapping in Firefox", "switched_from": "", "story": "Emacs 31 Is Around the Corner: The Changes I'm Daily Driving"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "Browser only", "summary": "It only gives a keyboard-driven experience inside the browser, not across the whole system.", "quotes": [{"id": 791764288, "item_id": 49485268, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485268", "by": "josht", "date": "2026-08-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Vimium [0] for this very reason -- highly recommend it!", "excerpt": "I use Vimium [0] for this very reason -- highly recommend it! Although admittedly this only solves for a fully keyboard-driven _browser_ experience. 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I use Vimium in the browser. Vimium seems great for navigation. Is there any way to get vim keybindings inside text boxes? (I looked at 'wasavi' chrome extension which hasn't been updated in 8 years [0] and the website's down [1]) [0] https://github.com/akahuku/wasavi [1] http://appsweets.net/wasavi/", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard navigation in browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Making macOS Bearable"}]}, {"label": "Bot detection", "summary": "One commenter wondered whether mouse-light browsing with Vimium could get them blocked by bot checks.", "quotes": [{"id": 782309776, "item_id": 48894361, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48894361", "by": "dinkleberg", "date": "2026-07-13", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use vimium", "excerpt": "I wonder how it'll handle those of us who try and use the mouse as infrequently as possible. I imagine the cognitive delay part would be largely telling. But it'll be interesting to see if I start getting blocked because I use vimium.", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Precursor"}]}, {"label": "Keyboard fatigue", "summary": "A longtime user still sometimes prefers the mouse to avoid keeping their hands on the keyboard all day.", "quotes": [{"id": 774607168, "item_id": 48412948, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48412948", "by": "alentred", "date": "2026-06-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Vimium in my browser and HN is great to navigate with it", "excerpt": "Sometimes when I am too tired, I lean back in my chair and click through Hacker News or something similar. I use Vimium in my browser and HN is great to navigate with it, but that's the not the point - the whole point is I don't want to sit above my keyboard with my hands on the home row. 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Which is fine. I'm a big keyboard person so I love it, especially with the vimium plugin. But sometimes people get confused at my browser because they don't know how to navigate. Which is understandable What I like about Mozilla is they made a hackable browser so we can have things like Zen, WaterFox, or whatever floats your boat.", "context": "keyboard-oriented user", "use_case": "keyboard navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "Thunderbird for iOS"}, {"id": 798080369, "item_id": 49880023, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49880023", "by": "jonny2811", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "i just browse it in firefox with vimium plugin", "excerpt": "i love me a good tui, but hackernews is one of the few websites that aren't a pain to use so i just browse it in firefox with vimium plugin.", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard navigation in browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Hntui \u2013 A TUI for Hacker News"}, {"id": 791764288, "item_id": 49485268, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485268", "by": "josht", "date": "2026-08-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Vimium [0] for this very reason -- highly recommend it!", "excerpt": "I use Vimium [0] for this very reason -- highly recommend it! Although admittedly this only solves for a fully keyboard-driven _browser_ experience. [0] https://vimium.github.io", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard-driven browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven"}, {"id": 791763424, "item_id": 49485214, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485214", "by": "jonbrauninddott", "date": "2026-08-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I highly recommend it, it's such a productivity booster", "excerpt": "https://vimium.github.io/ Hacker browser: allows to navigate browsers without ever needing to use the mouse. I highly recommend it, it's such a productivity booster", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard-driven browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven"}, {"id": 791763200, "item_id": 49485200, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485200", "by": "jonbrauninddott", "date": "2026-08-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend vimium https://vimium.github.io/", "excerpt": "For people who want to navigate browsers only with the keyboard, I recommend vimium https://vimium.github.io/ It's a plugin that enables many keyboard shortcuts, so that you almost don't need to touch the mouse to navigate. For me, it's such a productivity booster, especially the ability to navigate links without pointing at them to click", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard-only browser navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven"}, {"id": 791736176, "item_id": 49483511, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49483511", "by": "advis", "date": "2026-08-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "check out the Vimium extension. It made my sentiments very much favour keyboard-driven workflows", "excerpt": "I do agree to some extent, but were GUIs not made specifically to reduce so much reliance on the keyboard? And a few people here did mention that this \"fully keyboard-driven\" workflow would probably be used by power users primarily. Like anything else in life, I think there's no single answer to this. But for people interested in seeing the difference between mouse-driven vs keyboard-driven flows while web browsing, ", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard-driven web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven"}, {"id": 784318304, "item_id": 49019894, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49019894", "by": "mihau", "date": "2026-07-23", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Vimium every day, and it makes me so much faster.", "excerpt": "Hello! I\u2019m a big fan of tools and apps that make common (preferably all) actions directly accessible from the keyboard. For example, I use Vimium every day, and it makes me so much faster. When I'm in the zone, using it feels like I'm \"flying\" :D At the same time, people often use multiple displays with tons of windows open across multiple apps. Switching between these using the mouse, cmd+tab or Spotlight (by typing", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard browser navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "Window Hints \u2013 Keyboard-first window switching"}, {"id": 782309776, "item_id": 48894361, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48894361", "by": "dinkleberg", "date": "2026-07-13", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use vimium", "excerpt": "I wonder how it'll handle those of us who try and use the mouse as infrequently as possible. I imagine the cognitive delay part would be largely telling. But it'll be interesting to see if I start getting blocked because I use vimium.", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Precursor"}, {"id": 777860336, "item_id": 48616271, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48616271", "by": "xtajv", "date": "2026-06-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use vimium to remap most actions", "excerpt": "Regarding emacs-style kbds in firefox -- I use vimium to remap most actions, and occasionally resort to an additional global keybinding helper app (e.g. BetterTouchTool on macOS).", "context": "Firefox user", "use_case": "keyboard remapping in Firefox", "switched_from": "", "story": "Emacs 31 Is Around the Corner: The Changes I'm Daily Driving"}, {"id": 774732336, "item_id": 48420771, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48420771", "by": "frangonf", "date": "2026-06-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "In the web I use Vimium", "excerpt": "In the web I use Vimium, I tried mouseless in the past and loved the idea but it just didn't click with me. Now I use a lot a mouse layer in zmk and also a trackball.", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Mouseless \u2013 keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows"}, {"id": 774669808, "item_id": 48416863, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48416863", "by": "lakpahana", "date": "2026-06-05", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "for the browser i use vimium extension", "excerpt": "I mostly use the browser and the ide; ide shortcuts already figured out for the browser i use vimium extension", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard browser navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "Mouseless \u2013 keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows"}, {"id": 774607168, "item_id": 48412948, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48412948", "by": "alentred", "date": "2026-06-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Vimium in my browser and HN is great to navigate with it", "excerpt": "Sometimes when I am too tired, I lean back in my chair and click through Hacker News or something similar. I use Vimium in my browser and HN is great to navigate with it, but that's the not the point - the whole point is I don't want to sit above my keyboard with my hands on the home row. I consider myself a \"keyboard power user\" if this is a thing anyway, and I really dig the home row thing (Vimmer for 20+ years now", "context": "keyboard power user", "use_case": "keyboard browser navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "Mouseless \u2013 keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows"}, {"id": 756401827, "item_id": 47275114, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47275114", "by": "bergheim", "date": "2026-03-06", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "dark reader, vimium, sideberry", "excerpt": "Strange. I have a tab hoarding problem, I often have over 1000 tabs open [1][2], and I cannot remember the last time Firefox crashed. I'm thinking it must have been years? I use ublock origin though, which might help since ads do their best to steal your computer and soul through any means possible of course. I also use a bunch of other extensions though, dark reader, vimium, sideberry... I'd expect me to be a bit mo", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "10% of Firefox crashes are caused by bitflips"}, {"id": 753386304, "item_id": 47086644, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47086644", "by": "hxugufjfjf", "date": "2026-02-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Look for software that supports those vi keybindings, for example Vimium in the browser", "excerpt": "Don't think so much about learning Vim itself. Learn vi(m) motions and apply them everywhere. Look for software that supports those vi keybindings, for example Vimium in the browser or the vim keybindings plugin for VSCode if that is something you use. You'll arguably be faster at navigating a computer in general, and if not, you can still get enjoyment of how fast you'll feel. If you decide to go down this route, ch", "context": "", "use_case": "vi keybindings in browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Is it worth learning Vim in 2026?"}, {"id": 744202579, "item_id": 46512661, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46512661", "by": "avanwyk", "date": "2026-01-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "And also Vimium in the browser is great.", "excerpt": "Others have echoed the same, but I also switched from VSCode to Zed, but then put in the effort to learn Neovim (Lazyvim) properly, and I haven't looked back. Writing code feels exciting again. I recommend something like https://github.com/adomokos/Vim-Katas to accelerate muscle memory. And also Vimium in the browser is great.", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard browser navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched from VSCode to Zed"}, {"id": 739421184, "item_id": 46213824, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46213824", "by": "nomilk", "date": "2025-12-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Vimium seems great for navigation.", "excerpt": "> Bypassing the Mouse.. I use Vimium in the browser. Vimium seems great for navigation. Is there any way to get vim keybindings inside text boxes? (I looked at 'wasavi' chrome extension which hasn't been updated in 8 years [0] and the website's down [1]) [0] https://github.com/akahuku/wasavi [1] http://appsweets.net/wasavi/", "context": "", "use_case": "keyboard navigation in browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Making macOS Bearable"}, {"id": 739051970, "item_id": 46190748, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46190748", "by": "arionmiles", "date": "2025-12-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I started seriously using vimium on chrome and firefox", "excerpt": "I've recently reached a point where I feel I've reached an upper limit with how much efficiency I can extract from my usual toolset/editors. So I've gone on a journey where I'm finally exploring tools that make living in the command line a productive and pleasant experience for me. I've long put off learning or even exploring tmux or learning more than a few handful of vim keybinds. So I started digging into configur", "context": "has RSI pain from mouse use", "use_case": "keyboard browser navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "Twelve Days of Shell"}]}