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From: bobr@zeus.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Mouse vs Keyboard (was: Re: editor wars (was Mac vs Unix...))
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Date: Thu, 9-Oct-86 16:15:47 EDT
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There is no problem in using feet for simple controls (i.e., pressing a
pedal or three and having fairly fine pressure control over them), but we
are talking about a mouse replacement here.  Human feet (disregarding the
exceptional cases) do not have the sensitivity to control a device which
could replace the sensitivity and degrees of freedom of a mouse.