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Kind of related: https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/09/27/2032200/students-dont-know-what-files-and-folders-are-professors-say https://news.slashdot.org/story/2
by Dalewyn 3y ago
Kind of related: https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/09/27/2032200/students-dont-know-what-files-and-folders-are-professors-say https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/09/27/2032200/students-do...
Ultimately though, we need to remember that mice, keyboards, touchscreens, et al. are all merely compromises that were developed to let humans who speak human communicate with computers who speak computer. If we figure out an overall better way than the means before, it's natural they will be superceded.
I do agree with the author that the mouse lends itself very well to precision control, though. Touchscreen is easy and readily available, but it leaves much to be desired for precise control.
- zabzonk 3y agoyou ain't joking about touch screen accuracy - i have one hell of a time touching on the HN page's links!
- doubled112 3y agoI have an iPhone 13 Mini, and it reminds me constantly that the logout link on HN is global, and I have many computers. Maybe too many.
- msie 3y agoI'm reminded of this every time I try to edit a url on iPhone Safari...Yes, I know about the space bar trick.
- ghaff 3y agoOn my desktop computer I have both a big Mac touchpad and a good (non-Apple) mouse. I switch back and forth between them depending on what I'm doing. If I'm on a laptop, I mostly stick with the touchpad.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoamazingly, perhaps, on my laptop, i have a touchpad AND a perfectly viable 3 button button zone. I do love the "real" mouse i use on my desktop system (logitech mx master 3), but there's no reason why a laptop can't "natively" support both mouse button and touchpad interaction styles.