Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment order> Has anyone thought of this before? The 1992 paper "The Prevention of Mode Errors Through Sensory Feedback" [1] uses this exact mechanism. [1] http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/asellen/public... I've argued for years that vim is one of the few good examples of modal design since it allows for quick entry of the command grammar without modifiers and the command grammar is an excellent fit for the domain. Whenever I bring this up with an interaction designer, I'm told there is no such thing…
I love seeing this. I worked in the university computing department in college and this sort of thing wasn't an uncommon sight under the desks. People also had all manner of exotic keyboards. The most elite setup, as I recall, was the Kinesis Advantage combined with pedals. The keys on the Kinesis are recessed in these sort of cups that your fingers rest above. The idea is that this reduces the distance that your fingers travel moving between rows. I…
Thank you for posting this and giving me a reason to reread my all time favorite greentext: https://i.imgur.com/WLzeQMj.png
Why stop there? https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F...
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 3
- Total points
- 1285
- Total comments
- 648
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-06-21 | Vim clutchFirst breakout · Best thread | fuzzix | 546 | 219 |
| 2015-10-24 | Show HN: Vim-clutch | nbardy | 3 | 1 |
| 2016-10-27 | Vim clutch | cezary | 2 | 0 |
| 2018-03-11 | Vim Clutch – A hardware pedal for improved text editing (2012) | mfrw | 513 | 261 |
| 2021-03-11 | Vim Clutch – A hardware pedal for improved text editing (2012)Hall induction | ddtaylor | 193 | 165 |
| 2022-06-21 | Vim-clutch: A hardware pedal for improved text editing in VimLatest 20+ point return | varbhat | 25 | 2 |
| 2024-10-16 | Pedal for Switching Modes on Vim | chanana | 3 | 0 |