From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) In-Reply-To: <164443fb91281ed3622f69f476fb434e@csplan9.rit.edu> References: <164443fb91281ed3622f69f476fb434e@csplan9.rit.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <834F4A12-EA1C-4232-910E-00B5AD48CC58@telus.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Paul Lalonde Subject: Re: [9fans] The Misused Mouse Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 15:50:36 -0700 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 93fc7628-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (Darwin) iD8DBQFGkru8pJeHo/Fbu1wRAmrNAKCmXsldGfxfFFtOrtIe5xELX1NqzwCfS44V 6o+xO1sPcKewaNTxUpQVEvs= =FKJ8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----