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From: hall@ittral.UUCP (Doug Hall)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac,net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: Atari ST vs. Apple Mac (really about mice)
Message-ID: <154@ittral.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 8-Jun-85 15:16:21 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  8 15:16:21 1985
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Reply-To: hall@ittral.UUCP (Doug Hall)
Organization: ITT Telecom B&CC Eng. Group, Raleigh, NC
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Keywords: one button mice, dumb idea
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Summary: 


I have been using a 3 button mouse here at work (on a Valid
workstation) for several weeks. Prior to that my only exposure to mice
had been on the Mac and Lisa, both of which I've used extensively. I
found it quite easy to adjust to the three-button rodent - in fact,
using a Mac seems more cumbersome now than ever.

I find that having to switch my attention between the keyboard and the
mouse is annoying, and the three-button mouse keeps this to a minimum.
If I am going to do something with the mouse, I want to use only the
mouse, not some crazy "control-options-escape-left elbow click"
manuver. Same with the keyboard.

A one button mouse simplifies the learning process. But Apple forgot
that people aren't in the learning process forever.

Doug Hall
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