I find this topic on mouse envy rather interesting. I suspect it is a generational issue. My children are taught keyboarding, however they don't seem to have reached the same level of proficiency as people who learned how to type in the olden days on those manual Underwood and Olivetti manual typewriters. I see a similar phenomenon at work. People who used to use those word processors, such as the ones put out by Wang, do not rely on the mouse unless they have to do so. They claim that it is faster to keep their hands on the keyboard than it is to constantly go back and forth from keyboard to mouse. Personally I am glad that GW Micro doesn't focus too much on allowing me to use their product with a physical mouse. I don't need anything that will force me to work more slowly. The keyboard mouse navigation keys do more than I require. People wonder why WordPerfect has hung in there for so long. It is not only because Corel products cost less than Microsoft, it is because there are still enough of us old curmudgeons around who recognize the value of good keyboarding (once known as typing) skills. WordPerfect has a significant amount of keyboard options. I must admit, Microsoft is catching up. Someone must have told them about the benefits of the keyboard. And to give younger generations credit, I notice that as they become more and more familiar with keyboard commands they quickly adopt them in loo of the mouse. Finally it is not only those of us who are blind or vision impaired that are challenged by a physical mouse: there are other disabilities, such as types of dyslexia, that make using a mouse difficult, if not impossible. Vic
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