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You've missed the point. For Macs, the mouse is the pedals of the car because you absolutely need the mouse yo do basic things. On my Linux setup, I could do ju
by dahfizz 7y ago
You've missed the point. For Macs, the mouse is the pedals of the car because you absolutely need the mouse yo do basic things. On my Linux setup, I could do just fine without a mouse because I have multiple ways of doing the things I need to do
- paulcole 7y agoYep, this is why so many cars come with a backup set of pedals in case the first set is disabled in a prank. Great to have multiple ways of doing the things that need to be done.
- Razengan 7y ago> On my Linux setup, I could do just fine without a mouse because I have multiple ways of doing the things I need to do On your Linux setup, could you do just fine without a mouse AND without a keyboard? Why is it OK for the keyboard to be an essential required device but a mouse should be optional?
- dahfizz 7y agoA keyboard is not strictly required either. You can use an on screen keyboard with a mouse, text to speech, etc. And on anything that doesn't require text input, it's easy to avoid the keyboard. The key is flexiblity. On Linux, I could avoid my mouse or my keyboard or my entire graphical desktop if I wanted to and still be productive. Macs don't have that flexibility. I single out a mouse because it is a very low information density device. It doesn't really do much, so it is the low hanging fruit. Whether a mouse is required by an OS is like a litmus test of "can the user configure the OS the way they want, or does the OS dictate how the user will use it"
- Razengan 7y agoComputers didn't always have visual displays either; shouldn't they always be able to work with paper printouts? Requiring a mouse and assuming it to always be present is not a bad thing; it's progress. macOS has good accessibility features, so you can set it up to use it without a mouse if you really need to.