From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Sep 1 09:25:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA06428 for chat-outgoing; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 09:25:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (fallout.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA06422 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 09:25:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA03336; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 11:25:09 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 11:25:08 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber Reply-To: John Fieber To: Jamie Bowden cc: Wes Peters , Peter Korsten , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Microsoft the GUI King (was Re: ATT Unix for Windows) In-Reply-To: <199709011515.LAA25718@gatekeeper.itribe.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 1 Sep 1997, Jamie Bowden wrote: > ONe thing to remember when designing the interface for any program, never > make me have to use my mouse to use a feature. If I can't do it without > leaving the keyboard, I probably won't. If it's important, and I can't do > it without a mouse, you just lost a customer. You neglect large application domains where not using a mouse/trackball/graphic tablet is just plain silly. Ever try using cad software with only a keybord? It can be done, but it is astonishingly tedious and inefficient. If, however, you only work in the domain of text, as many programmers and system administrators do, your position has merit. I just find it sad that you non-keyboard input as bad with such a broad brush. The true mouse related evil is programs that force frequent moves between the mouse and keyboard. Yech! -john