On 27 Jun 2009 at 19:32, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > On Sat, June 27, 2009 7:25 pm, David W. Fenton wrote: > > All I know is what the researchers report, that overall, mousing is > > faster than keyboard. I don't know exactly how they tested, but the > > results have stood up over many years of assault from those who > > didn't believe them. > > Was it general public or touch-typists? I'm gonna guess general public, which > would make a huge difference. If you have to look, I'd guess mouse is faster.
I would assume that they tested reasonable users. I don't know the details of the study design, but Apple and Microsoft have both replicated it repeatedly. I would think both companies have very smart people working for them who know how to design scientifically valid studies, and thus think it's ridiculous to raise trivial objections like the idea that they just didn't test people who know the keyboard shortcuts. This isn't news. I'm surprised people in this forum treat this as though it's new information. It's been decades since the first Apple research showed this, and it's been replicated repeatedly. The conclusion completely contradicts my perception of my interaction with the PC, but that isn't what the research was testing. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
