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Date:      Mon, 1 Sep 1997 13:24:15 -0400
From:      Lee Cremeans <lee@wakky.dyn.ml.org>
To:        John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>
Cc:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Microsoft the GUI King (was Re: ATT Unix for Windows)
Message-ID:  <19970901132415.28167@wakky.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970901113012.307N-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>; from John Fieber on Mon, Sep 01, 1997 at 11:34:08AM -0500
References:  <199709011547.KAA00888@dyson.iquest.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970901113012.307N-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>

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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.

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