Comment on Steam Deck OS 3.5 Preview - Steam News

• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  …you’re not actually serious with that comment are you?

  You don’t think I also have a bluetooth keyboard?

  Obviously and of course I have a bluetooth keyboard. and a portable monitor. and the hub.

  That’s not the point.

  If their keyboard wasn’t utter garbage, I could go completely without any of the above. Its so close to being everything I need, but the keyboard in its current state is a deal breaker. Instead of it being an option, I actually need a bt keyboard.

  They could do something like t9 or some of the other key pad style key boards from the mid 2000’s. I dont want to tap the screen.

  I want to be able to quickly use the controller to type. Its a broken experience as it currently stands.

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  • bhj@lemmy.one ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was just trying to be helpful. Some people might not know you can connect a Bluetooth keyboard to the device.

    I don’t know of any system that does a better job of typing with a controller than the Steam Deck with the touch pads. Granted, I’m not a console gamer so I have no idea what typing on the current gen Xbox or PlayStation, but I can’t imagine it’s better than the Steam Deck.

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    • RagnarokOnline@reddthat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I appreciated your original comment :)

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    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t know of any system that does a better job of typing with a controller than the Steam Deck with the touch pads. Granted, I’m not a console gamer so I have no idea what typing on the current gen Xbox or PlayStation is like, but I can’t imagine it’s better than the Steam Deck.

      Phones with number pads right at the beginning of the smart phone era had a number of good solutions that were surprisingly effective for typing. We’ve got so many buttons to work with on the steam deck.

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  • toasteecup@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Have you tried using the touch pads with it? I found it to be a decent enough experience. I’m not going to type a novel with it, but it’s good for some web browsing if I’m doing some adminy on desktop. Unsure of your usecase.

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    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yep. Its a bit better, but still a shit keyboard. It seems like they went through great effort to not take advantage of the fact they ahve a crap ton of buttons they could be using.

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      • toasteecup@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I personally don’t mind it now that I have the groove for it but I can understand your side of things. What’s your usecase exactly?

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