1. RE: [OT] How far have we come?
- Posted by rforno at tutopia.com
May 08, 2001
I agree.
Anyway, it's strange that nobody mentioned the DOS batch facility, which
luckily still can be used under Windows... if one understands DOS.
----- Original Message -----
From: Irv Mullins <irvm at ellijay.com>
Subject: Re: [OT] How far have we come?
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> On Tue, 08 May 2001, David Cuny wrote:
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> > Time and motion studies have found that, for most people, it's actually
> > faster to use the mouse than it is to use the keyboard. To people like
you
> > and I who claim the keyboard is actually faster, these they reply (I'm
not
> > making this up!) that there's some sort of 'lost time' amnesia effect
where
> > we literally don't remember the time it takes us to perform these
actions,
> > making them only *appear* to be faster.
> >
> > (...insert twilight zone theme here...)
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> Faster to use the mouse for what? - that should be the question.
> Graphic arts? -of course. Word processing? - maybe. Other uses?
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> Anyone except an 'expert' would know that if your job is to type in
> three four-digit numbers hour after hour, it's going to be faster to hit
the
> keypad and the adjacent enter key than to navigate with a mouse and
> then move your hand from the mouse to the keyboard so you can type
> in each number. Unless you're tridextrous ( the third hand is needed
> for juggling papers )
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> I write software for businesses that deal primarily in numbers, not word
> processing documents or graphic arts. So I try to make life as easy as
> possible for the people who will have to use my program.
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> I suspect the 'studies' you mention were done in an academic setting,
> by phD's who couldn't find their way home without help. (I know more
> than one of these, btw) Which might explain why, with adequate funding,
> you can get a study to prove absolutely anything you want it to prove. :
^)
>
> Serving your fellow man - a nutritional study sponsored by the Lector
Institute
>
> Regards,
> Irv
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