From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 09:14:36 +0000 From: Jason Ozolins Message-ID: <39D00CFC.A2B0DDA9@anu.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20000925124428.85DFB19A0F@mail>, <39CF4E0D.85D86A7A@FWS.Gov>, <39cf5c11@news.core.genedata.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Re 2 button mouse + Inferno Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0ead2e8a-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Elliott Hughes wrote: > > "Mark C. Otto" wrote in message > news:39CF4E0D.85D86A7A@FWS.Gov... > > > I also wonder if much of the discontent with the mouse has to do with the > > ubiquitous Microsoft keyboards that require one's right hand to move some > 35cm > > to get to the mouse. > > i like chording too, for the reason forsyth mentioned. there's no discontent > with the mouse from my quarter, but i haven't forgotten my keyboard either. > i see no reason to deny myself the use of one channel because i can get by > with another. to insist that one uses the mouse and the mouse only is every > bit as silly as insisting that one uses the keyboard and the keyboard only. Absolutely and completely agree. Plus it is usable by people who have RSI in their mouse hand (twiddly chording gestures aren't really ideal in that respect). > > I would think a keyboard without the cursor and numeric > > pads would be as important and the 3-button mouse. > > i have my 'Happy Hacker' right here before me, sans inverted-T, sans numeric > keypad. it's a really nice keyboard too, which is more important. see the > unfortunately named website http://www.pfuca.com/ for more details. (there's > no USB model as yet.) Umm, I can understand ditching the numeric keypad if one is not a bean counter, but why lose the cursor keys? They work pretty well in editors under other GUI environments. I was pretty surprised to find that Inferno's Acme didn't support them - doesn't P9's Acme support them either? -- Jason Ozolins Technical Support Group Local: x5449 Department of Computer Science Global: +61 2 6249 5449 The Australian National University Email: jason.ozolins@anu.edu.au