[9fans] The Misused Mouse

[9fans] The Misused Mouse

[David Leimbach]

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http://hci-matters.com/blog/?p=8
Just keep in mind, there's one right way to do everything.  (sigh)

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Re: [9fans] The Misused Mouse

[Skip Tavakkolian]

> http://hci-matters.com/blog/?p=8

the mouse may be retired for the finger if done the iphone way
(maybe).  iphone is a cool gadget.  i like the way magnification is
controlled with two fingure motion.

Re: [9fans] The Misused Mouse

[Paul Lalonde]

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I'm just annoyed at the repeated fallacy that a pointing tablet &  
stylus is better than the mouse.  That's only true if the display is  
the tablet - absolute position interfaces are very awkward to  
navigate with when you're not looking at them.

Paul

On Jul 9, 2007, at 3:33 PM, Skip Tavakkolian wrote:

>> http://hci-matters.com/blog/?p=8
>
> the mouse may be retired for the finger if done the iphone way
> (maybe).  iphone is a cool gadget.  i like the way magnification is
> controlled with two fingure motion.
>

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Re: [9fans] The Misused Mouse

[john]

> http://hci-matters.com/blog/?p=8
> Just keep in mind, there's one right way to do everything.  (sigh)

Yes, look at the poor proletariot, pretending that ctrl-s is faster than
grabbing the mouse and mid-clicking on "Put"! Fallacy.

If anybody needs me, I'll be burning my keyboard at the Altar of
The Mouse.


John

Re: [9fans] The Misused Mouse

[Paul Lalonde]

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That depends on if I already had the mouse in my hand.  And which  
window has focus.  And if the command had a parameter.

Remember: line editing forces higher concentration on the task at hand.

Paul

On Jul 9, 2007, at 3:45 PM, john@csplan9.rit.edu wrote:

>> http://hci-matters.com/blog/?p=8
>> Just keep in mind, there's one right way to do everything.  (sigh)
>
> Yes, look at the poor proletariot, pretending that ctrl-s is faster  
> than
> grabbing the mouse and mid-clicking on "Put"! Fallacy.
>
> If anybody needs me, I'll be burning my keyboard at the Altar of
> The Mouse.
>
>
> John
>

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Re: [9fans] The Misused Mouse

[Douglas A. Gwyn]

Paul Lalonde wrote:
> I'm just annoyed at the repeated fallacy that a pointing tablet &
> stylus is better than the mouse.  That's only true if the display is
> the tablet - absolute position interfaces are very awkward to
> navigate with when you're not looking at them.

You can say exactly the same thing about the mouse!
The obvious solution is to drive a cursor.  In the PEAC
product (calligraphic vector display and tablet) we used
full-screen crosshairs (low intensity) and it worked great.
If you have ever tried to draw with a mouse and with a
tablet, assuming good software, you'll have found that the
tablet is better for fine detail.