Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 22:51:01 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: hcremean@vt.edu, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Microsoft the GUI King (was Re: ATT Unix for Windows) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970901224637.307T-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <19970902104153.54244@lemis.com>
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On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > > FWIW, I have seen one-handed keyboards of the sort Engelbart proposed > > advertised in the backs of pooter magazines....they look > > interesting. > > How do they work? Usually by chording rather than typing single keys. I gather the main liability is the amount of time it takes to learn. Also, to really use the mouse as it was originally envisioned would require re-writing software interfaces to best take advantage of a keyboard used at the same time as the mouse instead of each in relative isolation. Such software would probably be terribly cumbersome for the 99.9% of the world who doesn't have such a keyboard/mouse arrangement. -john
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