From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <7d3530220612061702i463c3461l308ebb2fa8a1cb28@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 20:02:02 -0500 From: "John Floren" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Newbie question In-Reply-To: <20061206103854.GA1080@gonzo> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20061205113553.GA9424@gonzo.telesystem.com> <82c890d00612050849h55520177g67817a7a77b55cb6@mail.gmail.com> <20061206103854.GA1080@gonzo> Topicbox-Message-UUID: ec024f74-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 12/6/06, Markus Sonderegger wrote: > Hello! > > Thank your for your answers. I've installed Plan9 and tryed rio and > you're right it's much better than other guis. But it absolut not suits > my workstyle. Normaly I doesen't use the mouse. > > What's the idea behind the desicion to have no console? I've read most > of the documention papgers but can't figure it out. > > Sorry for my english. > > Regards > Markus, I'm no fan of the mouse either, as other mailing list members could tell you, but like Rodolfo, I find Plan 9's mouse use better than that of any other OS I've used. The system *is* pretty slick, and when I'm doing some stuff, I'm really glad it's the way it is. Of course, I still want keyboard shortcuts (so does everybody else, they just don't know it yet), but as I said, it's pretty good the way it is. Like I've said before, if only I had one of those chording keyboard things from Xerox's Alto, I could rock with the mouse in one hand and the other hand on the keyboard. Looking forward to flames John -- Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn