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You've received so many replies already, but mine is different. The older I get, the less I want to deal with the video game-like elements of hand-eye coordina
by dkarl 5y ago
You've received so many replies already, but mine is different. The older I get, the less I want to deal with the video game-like elements of hand-eye coordination, intense visual attention, and timing. I'm tired of things going wrong because I clicked a few pixels off or clicked on the wrong thing because I was surprised by a UI element appearing in a slightly different place or with an unexpected delay or with slightly unexpected contents because of a software update or just something I didn't predict.
With keyboard commands, I don't have to verify the accuracy of my mouse movements, and I don't have to react to the timing, location, content, and focus changes of UI widgets. I just press the keys in the right order. It requires so much less vigilance, it's a big relief.
- mjhagen 5y agoSurprise OS update popup with focus on "OK", you press enter at just the wrong moment and you're now rebooting. OK, that wouldn't happen as far as I know, but there have been plenty times where I was typing away, glancing over, and the focus had changed and now I'm typing into nothingness (or something worse like in my not too likely example). With the mouse at least I'm actually looking at the screen.