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Very true - I'm a little bit older, so I view the Amiga user interface as superior (at least in some ways - I describe it as "the feeling that you have the comp
by robinsonb5 4y ago
Very true - I'm a little bit older, so I view the Amiga user interface as superior (at least in some ways - I describe it as "the feeling that you have the computer's full attention". Windows doesn't give me that even today.) - and also recognise how much Windows 95 borrowed from other systems. (RiscOS in particular)
It came as quite an eye-opener to me recently to realise younger people now entering the workforce view the mouse as an archaic input device.
- 13of40 4y ago> mouse I was looking at Reddit the other day, on one of those r/flippingamazing type subs, and someone posted a picture of a disassembled mechanical mouse, to show off the wonders of 1900s engineering. I tell you I nearly spat out my false teeth. Had to take a Geritol to calm myself down.
- Aeolun 4y agoWhat are we talking about when we say mechanical mouse? One with one of them balls in?
- robinsonb5 4y agoYes indeed* - I still use and prefer those to this day: I like the extra weight and slight inertia that comes from the rolling ball. (It's OK, I know I'm a dinosaur!) (* They're more correctly called opto-mechanical since the movement sensing is done by way of a slotted disc interrupting light beams.)