Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site qubix.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!decwrl!qubix!msc From: msc@qubix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Question on the mouse, comments abou - (nf) Message-ID: <353@qubix.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Jun-83 23:00:32 EDT Article-I.D.: qubix.353 Posted: Wed Jun 29 23:00:32 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 30-Jun-83 13:29:16 EDT References: <800@pur-phy.UUCP> Organization: Qubix Graphic Systems, Saratoga, CA Lines: 19 The question of what kind of pointing device to use is very much a religous issue just like the choice of editor. Nevertheless here is my 2 pence worth. My problem with light pens and their ilk (e.g. sonic digitizers) is that I have to reach out for the screen. Thus I cannot sit back and relax at my work as I can with a mouse. I would agree that a light pen is a more obvious pointing device than a mouse. However, if you look at modern user interfaces such as Smalltalk, Lisa, and VisiOn you will see that there is a lot more than just pointing going on. Look, for example, at the action required for selecting from a draw down menu on the Lisa. Or look at the action required to move or re-size a window. -- Mark ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!qubix!msc ...{ittvax,amd70}!qubix!msc decwrl!qubix!msc@Berkeley.ARPA