Re: [9fans] Mousing is faster than typing but users do not believe it

[Jack Norton <jack@0x6a.com>]

dexen deVries wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 of June 2011 18:23:56 David Leimbach wrote:
>> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2657135
>
> I'm getting tired of the level of groupthink. Yesterday it was about
> Anthropogenetic Global Warming^W^W^W Anthropogenic Climate Change (with a
> comment stating pretty much ``whether the themperatures go up or down it will
> be /obviously/ our fault anyway''); today it's mouse vs. keyboard. The
> argument? ``it feels faster in my Vim''. Geebuz.
>
> my take on it at
> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2657818
>


eh, I always figured that if you are proficient at a given interface
(you're over the learning curve) the differences here are minimal at
best.  So what if I gain a few seconds here and there.  I'm going to be
stuck behind the computer for a few hours anyway...

In the case of plan 9, I love how the textual interfaces it promotes
have *everything* in front of you.  No bloody expanding menus, or
mouse-hover pop-up retardations.  So nevermind the speed, it is the
consistency and elegance that should matter.  For the sake of sanity,
not speed.

Would Plan 9 (rio) benefit from a default mapping of magic keystrokes
that correspond to certain actions? I think so.  But only as a means of
saving your ass when your mouse explodes.  Even then, grab another pc
and drawterm or cpu in.

I will say that some of the cool cording in Plan 9 interfaces will soon
find a perfect mate in the capacitive or infrared touchscreens of today
and tomorrow (single, double, triple finger taps on the screen, etc...).
  That is my take anyway.

-Jack