--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > I am not against that. Lists menus are there in terminal programms 
> as
> > well. But you don't have to move a mouse to a specific place, you
> > could type in a number e.g.
> > 
> 
> Sure, but the original topic was about typing ala text-entry as used 
> by writers and editors. You're going into another area where tabbing 
> is often easier. More complicated key commands can also be easier, 
> depending on what the setup is. But these are contrived examples 
> where someone is doingthe same thing over and over and over again, 
> unlike text-typing by writers, where formatting alternated with 
> typing occur pretty much at random.

Well, the topic was the mouse; I think that it led to a certain
onesided development. If you didn't have the mouse, programs would
have been designed differently - and better I think. (graphic tablets
for graphic applications being an exception)






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