This reminds me of the (probably apocryphal) tech support story of the
woman who bought her first computer, brought it home, and called in because
she couldn't get it to do anything. She said she kept pressing on the foot
pedal (like a sowing machine), but nothing would happen...
At 10:06 PM 8/2/2005, you wrote:
Chipp,
I use two-button mice when I teach on the PC platform. I've played
around with 3-button mice a bit. I have a 4-button programmable
Kensington trackball (and a two-button Stingray trackball that offers true
right-clickability).
In addition to reading and agreeing with Raskin (although I think he was a
bit of a nutter on the whole modality issue), my observations are partly
based on nearly a decade of teaching new computer users how to use a
computer. And it's definitely been a problem.
I'm not certain I understand your argument about not using a computer
reducing errors. Of course that's true. But that's not the issue. It's
which is easier to learn? A one-button mouse or a two button mouse or a
three button mouse... or an n-button mouse?
Englebert, of course, ultimately ended up preferring something else
altogether to a uni-button mouse. I think it was a foot-based control. I
once had an English teacher stricken by polio in his youth who steered his
car using a foot-based device...
Judy
On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Chipp Walters wrote:
> Judy,
>
> Good duck and cover ;-)
>
> Never using a computer in the first place reduces errors to nill...does
> that make it preferrable? Just wondering, how much experience do you
> have with multi-button mice?
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