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From: iho@cac.washington.edu (Il Oh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: STacy review in EM
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Date: 2 Feb 91 08:52:24 GMT
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 mjs@hpfcso.HP.COM (Marc Sabatella) writes:

>Uh, have you ever seen your father (or any other 60-year-old with unsteady
>hands) double click on a Mac?

He has no trouble with the Mac double click.  Incidentally, he uses an ST
because he says it's got the only usable accounting system he's seen on
a microcomputer (Best business management system).  Too bad the company
doesn't really do ST development any more.

>If you take your hand off the body of the mouse to do the clicks, the chance of
>accidentally moving it between clicks goes down.  Awkward, but if his life
>depended on it...

Actually, it goes up.  Unless you're pretty deft with your fingers (like us
youngsters), you nudge the mouse when you click.  I find I've been anchoring
the mouse with my thumb and pinkie without thinking about it all along.

>Your father might find a trackball invaluable here.  Even the unsteadiest of
>clicking fingers won't move that sucker if you keep your hand off the ball.

The trackball is not as nice an interface as is the mouse, in my opinion.
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