On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:41:55 -0400, erik quanstrom <quans...@coraid.com> wrote:
perhaps i should have taken piano, but i find the contortions kbd-based editors such as vi or emacs require to be quite irritating indeed. fumbling for the esc key takes ones left hand out of position as much as grabbing the mouse does for the right hand.
That's only if you have a poorly designed keyboard. All of the keyboards I use regularly, except for the built-in version on my laptop, put the escape, ctrl, alt, and meta keys in the right places for easy access. I'm currently playing with mouse choices, but since I use relatively small form factor keyboards, the mouse is always within easy reach as well.
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.
I haven't had any trouble using Acme's chords with the trackpoint, and in fact, the trackpoint is -- I believe -- a good deal more effective with its three buttons than most of the other interface designs I have seen outside of the multi-touch interface on the Macbooks. Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis