On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 13:12:06 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
SL> The mouse is less precise, more time consuming and less convenient
SL> for working within text
Someone who hasn't ever used a keyboard before will tell you
about the joys and superiority of pen and paper. Watching the same
person use a keyboard and type a few sentences for the first time makes
you quickly realize why he/she feels this way. :-) What we do of course
is tell them that one has to practice how to use a keyboard and with
time their coordination improves as well as their speed. At present, I
type faster than I can write hence I hate having to write (can't get out
of that in my profession unfortunately because we can't afford
transcriptionists in Jamaica). Anyway, the same goes for the mouse. At
present, I have my mouse speed and acceleration up to maximum. Why?
Because I've become very good and coordinated with using it. It's a
learned thing as with the keyboard. I can move around the desktop with
the mouse very often having to wait on the computer to respond (400MHz
with 256MB RAM). Selecting text for me is a not, in the least, a clumsy
task and is my preferred method especially when rearranging and
selecting blocks of text. Yes, believe it or not. I prefer it because I
do it faster that way. Why? Because I'm deadly accurate and fast with a
mouse. Sorry that you aren't. :-)
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