From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Sep 1 10:24:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA10677 for chat-outgoing; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 10:24:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wakky.dyn.ml.org (lee@1Cust45.tnt1.manassas.va.da.uu.net [153.37.113.45]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA10659 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 10:24:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from lee@localhost) by wakky.dyn.ml.org (8.8.5/8.8.3) id NAA04489; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 13:24:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19970901132415.28167@wakky.dyn.ml.org> Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 13:24:15 -0400 From: Lee Cremeans To: John Fieber Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Microsoft the GUI King (was Re: ATT Unix for Windows) Reply-To: hcremean@vt.edu References: <199709011547.KAA00888@dyson.iquest.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79e In-Reply-To: ; from John Fieber on Mon, Sep 01, 1997 at 11:34:08AM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE X-Evil: microsoft.com Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, Sep 01, 1997 at 11:34:08AM -0500, John Fieber wrote: > No, God doesn't really enter into the picture. Douglas > Engelbart, who invented the mouse, intended for it to be used in > conjunction with a one handed keyboard. In that configuration it > proved to be a very effective input device, but with a pretty > steep learning curve for people familiar with the old two handed > keyboard. FWIW, I have seen one-handed keyboards of the sort Engelbart proposed advertised in the backs of pooter magazines....they look interesting. -- Lee C. -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on DALnet #watertower) A! JW223 YWD++^i WK+++r P&B++ SL++^i GDF B&M KK--i MD+++i P++ I++++ Did $++ E5/10/70/3c/73ac Ee34/1/36 H2 PonPippi Ay77 M | hcremean (at) vt.edu FreeBSD/Linux/Unix hacker...Win95 and M$ evil! (go see www.freebsd.org) My home page: http://wakky.dyn.ml.org/~lee | finger me for geek code