> perhaps i should have taken piano, but i find the

That's an interesting observation.  As it turns out I
do play, and it's certainly possible that it colors my
taste in UIs.

> contortions kbd-based editors such as vi or emacs
> require to be quite irritating indeed.  fumbling for

I don't disagree with you there.

> the esc key takes ones left hand out of position

I'm less sensitive to esc, probably because I used teco
heavily in college.  Of course, the fact that esc is in
the wrong place on current keyboards doesn't help
any.

> i've enjoyed using ibm's trackpoint, but i've got
> two thumbs and acme needs three buttons.
> clearly there's room for improvement in input
> devices.

Agreed on both points.

BLS


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