Subject: Re: [NTLK] Not really Re: Platform crap...
>Yeah, considering Apple's force feeding of the NEED to
>use the mouse goes back to the original Mac.
>When Apple did tests to see how users would take to
>the mouse for navigating their computers, they found
>that the majority of the people still preferred to use
>the keyboard. The people would use the arrow keys to
But don't forget, a LOT of things happen this way - look at typewriter
keys' layout - designed to slow down the typist as early mechanisms
jammed. Sometimes with new designs you've gotta force the unwashed
masses into a new paradigm of thought.
On a Newton-related comment (YAY!) what does everyone think would've
happened if the MPs had had a built-in "thumb-board" keyboard, or a tiny
keyboard like the Blackberry? I wonder if the market would be dominated
by Apple?
--Mark Rollins, CIH, CSP mark_at_mrollins.com www.mrollins.com mrollins_at_thermo.com
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