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
