--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>

> To access a screen efficiently at a random x,y coordinate you need a 
> 2 dimensional pointing device of some kind. Mouse, tablet, trackball, 
> whatever. Text is usually random placement of letters in 2D. 
> Spreadsheets often are random in their placement of which number you 
> need to access next, etc. You can do lot with key combinations to 
> compensate for the lack of a 2D pointer, but for most people, a mouse 
> is definitely better than pure keyboard input for more situations 
> than simply drawing random lines on a screen.

Okay, the whole discussion has led to the result, that I downloaded
this for firefox http://www.radialthinking.de/radialcontext/
http://www.radialthinking.de/radialcontext/RadialContext_firefox.xpi
But you have to get used to it. And as it is right now for me, a
combination of shortcuts with mouse, especially for text selection
works best for me, by using as many shortcuts I can remember. ;-)





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