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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: 2 button mouse
Keywords: window human computer interface
Message-ID: <2035@sugar.UUCP>
Date: 20 May 88 22:08:31 GMT
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The referenced article points out that chording is a useful shortcut for
experts. I'm not denying that. All I'm saying is that it should be just
that ... a shortcut. You should have some standard 1-n interface with
pop-up menus... preferably with the chords and speed keys indicated on
the menus... that the mouse and keyboard shortcuts are built upon.

The parting blow in the article is "Too bad they force you to use a mouse".
On the Amiga, I presume.

They don't. You can do anything you can do with the mouse using the keyboard.
It's slower, as can be expected, but it's possible. Command key shortcuts
are available, as are such features as shift-selecting. But if you just
want to use the mouse, or you just want to use the keyboard, it's possible.

It's not perfect. For example, you can't enter text with the mouse alone.
And it doesn't use pop-up menus: the menu bar emulates the Mac's kludge.
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