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From: mystone@mondo.engin.umich.edu (Dean Yu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Keyboard Control of the Mac
Message-ID: <1990Dec11.231847.14029@engin.umich.edu>
Date: 11 Dec 90 23:18:47 GMT
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In article <1990Dec11.155505.7510@umiami.ir.miami.edu> gross@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Mondo) writes:
>This idea just hit me...well was sort of forced on me.
>
>My mouse died.  Just wouldn't no matter what I did.  But you know the worse
>part, you can use a Mac without it!  I mean I don't mind the mouse, but
>gee, just because some $100 part (now this I can hardly believe :) ) dies,
>your $3000+ investment stands as a expensive paperweight.
>
>So while the System 7 people are busily stealing from Windows (a la
>New Look), maybe they could add a feature that allows you to mainipulate
>the desktop (select icons, delete files,etc...) from the keyboard only?
>
>

  The System 7 Finder allows type selecting of icons in a folder.  At any rate,
you can always use Easy Access to move around until you get your mouse
fixed... :)

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