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If you are stopping to think for what the command is before using, might as well start moving the mouse. No, because over time you will pause less often, and f
by jamesbritt 15y ago
If you are stopping to think for what the command is before using, might as well start moving the mouse.
No, because over time you will pause less often, and for less time, until it becomes automatic.
- rdtsc 15y agoThat is true initially, and one has to go through that process. But eventually it reaches a point when it is automatic and then the ease of memorizing the command doesn't matter (provided the person stuck with it and didn't decide it was too much of a pain to learn).
- jasomill 15y agoThis seems to depend on the nature of the command --- "move to the word I'm looking at" is often faster with a pointing device (though I haven't regularly used a _mouse_ in years, I use a trackpad on the left and a digitizer tablet on the right). For most other text-related commands one uses often, I'd agree (though I've never used a stopwatch to test it, and "the easiest person to fool" is often one's self in these sorts of "efficiency" contests --- perception can mislead).
- jamesbritt 15y agoprovided the person stuck with it and didn't decide it was too much of a pain to learn That's the key. If I can pause for a second and typically deduce the correct action I'm more likely to stick to something than if I typically have to pull up a help file to know what to do.