Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!topaz!STEINER@RUTGERS.ARPA From: STEINER@RUTGERS.ARPA Newsgroups: net.works Subject: Re: Speed Key vs. Mice Message-ID: <168@topaz.ARPA> Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 02:47:58 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.168 Posted: Mon Jan 7 02:47:58 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jan-85 02:22:44 EST Sender: daemon@topaz.ARPA Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 23 From: Christopher A KentI don't know anything about the Speed Key, but I'd like to point out that "the size of a stenographer's pad" is not necessarily less than the area "used by the typical mouse". My desk is extremely cluttered; I've gotten into the habit of using my mouse in an area of about 4 by 5 inches, with lots of pickups. The Mac's mouse is comfortably enough to my hand size that this quickly became second nature. Other arguments -- you are constrained to have the full space required for the pad avaiable, at all times. This is not so for a mouse. Admittedly, having it in your lap might be conceived as nice, but how useful is this for real work? I want to have my hands as close to the keyboard as possible; certainly not in a different horizontal plane. Touchpads will probably command a certain segment of the novice user market, but the mouse will continue to be the choice for doing serious work. Cheers, chris