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Re: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

Doug,

This is a VERY good point.
Why ARE we making our users spend more "key time" than "think time"? Should we not be leveraging the human brain for its capacity to THINK? Leave the boring stuff to the machines? 

Trevor
----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Handy" 
Subject: Re: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence



Trevor,

Again, I think this is very misguided.. A mouse was designed to be

productive, and it can be.



For certain tasks, yes.  Text entry does not happen to be one of them.
It's the classic "use the right tool for the right job". The mouse is very 
good for some things.  But if your task involves much text entry, moving
even one hand off home typing position and back again is slower than using a 
keyboard shortcut. Being busy is not the same thing as being productive.

On the other hand, the higher the ratio of "think time" to "key time" in a
task, the less important it becomes.  And if text entry is only an
incidental part of the process instead of a major component, then it is also 
not as serious.

For sure, the mouse has its place.  And between the G & H keys on the
Thinkpad's keyboard was a good place for it.  :-P

Doug

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