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Date:      Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:22:09 +0800
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [USB] Keyboard, mouse and ergonomy
Message-ID:  <AANLkTi=3K56gS8KweSCYRM8ubwzJfCQ__i5QEdFvp8G_@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201009271421.42082.hselasky@c2i.net>
References:  <201009271421.42082.hselasky@c2i.net>

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On 27 September 2010 20:21, Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was thinking about adding a sysctl to ukbd and ums that shows how many
> keypresses have been done and how many pixels you have moved the mouse during
> a day. These number will mostly be useful for making ergonomic arguments that
> a certain way of working is better than another one.
>
> Anyone have any comments or input on this? Are there any security concerns
> about this?

Grab a book or five on ergonomics, UI design and Human/Computer
Interaction. Read some of the papers that you can find on what went
into say, apple's (earlier) UI design. It's all rather interesting and
enlightening. :)

As other have said, minimising keypresses/mouse movements isn't 1:1
correlated with "better ergonomic design."


Adrian



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