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From: mark@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Fast typists and mice
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Date: Fri, 27-Apr-84 23:22:04 EDT
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Posted: Fri Apr 27 23:22:04 1984
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There was a study a couple (3?) years ago by the Social Security
Administration regarding use of mice.  They discovered that they
were good when the user kept his/her eyes on the screen.  They
were bad when one's eyes had to move back and forth from paper
to screen or from person to screen, because the eye/hand coordination
required for mice use was lost.  This study did not take into
account hand motion from keyboard to mouse and back, as I recall.
(I heard it presented at the Software Psychology Society, Washington
Chapter.  It may also have been presented and/or published somewhere,
I don't know).

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