On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 02:53:09PM -0400, J. R. Mauro wrote:
it turns out that there is rather older work that supports
much the same conclusion, which i probably saw mentioned in HCI
Remixed,
since that's one i've read recently.
I've seen a couple of independent time trials from the mid 80s that
supported the same conclusion.
References would be nice, but I think it would be fair to say
that both mouse- and keyboard-based user interfaces have evolved
(or perhaps devolved) since the '80s. It's also fair to say that
most interfaces these use a fairly heavy combination of the
keyboard and mouse (especially those interfaces used by
professionals, including CAD, music composition, and graphic
design). But, even if we do, in fact, have well designed studies
that suggest some optimal mix of keyboard and mouse interaction
in the general case, I suspect that they won't say much about the
specific case of acme.
(end long-winded rant)
--
Kris Maglione
Perhaps when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my
own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a
simpler one is at hand.
--"Sherlock Holmes"
