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Well, Windows (and all window-based, graphical UI) encourages you to use the _mouse pointer_ with it's clumsy properties like navigating a visual field and upon
by kmarc 8y ago
Well, Windows (and all window-based, graphical UI) encourages you to use the _mouse pointer_ with it's clumsy properties like navigating a visual field and upon locating an interactive element, using at most 5 different action buttons (clicks and scrolls).
Compared to that, these old systems were modal (edit, browse, etc modes) and keyboard-based with it's ~100 action buttons, where pixel-by-pixel navigating was not needed.
From an efficiency standpoint, petting a computer with mouse-based navigation is ridiculous. It might help a newbie until they explore a software's features but later on it's a waste of time. And your mother knew this very well.
- CamperBob2 8y agoThose old modal interfaces were dead ends that ultimately didn't scale. Try using a CAD program sometime, or for that matter even a spreadsheet, without a mouse.
- kmarc 8y agoYou missed the "pixel by pixel navigation" part. There are obviously a plethora of use cases (mostly graphic design software, games, etc) where a pointing device would benefit far much better. OTOH I would love to see a vim-like excel/spreadsheet software.