On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Sam Ewalt wrote: > On Thu, 02 Jan 2003 09:39:50-0400, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The reason why I am using this program instead of Arachne right now is > > that I am currently travelling with my laptop and the infernal internal > > mouse is running wild and I can't control it. I have the kind which has > > a tiny little control stick that pokes out of the middle of the keyboard. > > At the slightest touch it goes wild and races all over the screen. I > > can't hold it still so as to position it on a spot long enough to click > > on it. I will disable the internal mouse and I will acquire and install > > an external mouse later. Unlike Clarence, I never learned how to use > > Arachne without a mouse. > > > Fairly simple to navigate mouseless. Use the arrow keys to move the > cursor left and right, up and down. Hit "enter" to select. Also the > "tab" key jumps the cursor to the next link. That's enough for most > purposes. > > "Page Up" and "Page Down" do the obvious. Learning how to use Arachne > without a mouse seems a lot simpler to me than finding, learning and > installing another program.
Thanks for telling me how amazingly simple and easy it is to navigate Arachne in mouseless mode. I just tried it out in off-line mode. The Arachne graphics interface is really very easy to use without a mouse. I had previously supposed that it would be very complicated and difficult, somewhat like trying to go mouseless on another well known, but here unpopular, GUI known as Window$. Why didn't they design the Window$ GUI to work as easily as the Arachne interface without a mouse? My excuse for not using Arachne this time is that I have to dial long distance from my vacation place to hook up with my regular ISP, shentel.net. I am currenetly connected to "access-4-free" with lsppp for DOS and using a local dialup number. I can do my shentel email through my Unix shell account at "sdf.lonestar.org" > > Customising the "F-" keys for your favorite functions will make > navigation easier as well. It will cut down on the positioning and > clicking needed for everyday tasks. > Sam Ewalt > Croswell, Michigan, USA > -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ Sam Heywood -- Message sent by Unix Pine, Version 4.44
