From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <20010520013841.25839.qmail@g.bio.cse.psu.edu> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu In-Reply-To: Message from "rob pike" of "Sat, 19 May 2001 20:16:38 EDT." <20010520001641.0D90F199E9@mail.cse.psu.edu> From: Scott Schwartz Subject: [9fans] mouse vs key Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 21:38:41 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: a31fec74-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Re-reading Tog's articles, I'm struck by one thing: The studies he cites were done using the Mac GUI, which has specific properties that make the mouse efficient (Fitt's law: targets along an edge are faster to access). Most other systems lack those properties, which might effect the outcome. Also, elsewhere he's said that mouse chords are a bad idea. Possibly not the best source for a defense of Acme. :-)