> > A GUI that can not be used without taking the ten fingers off the > > keyboard is indeed entirely unusable for any half-proficient > > screenworker. And anyone doing actual productive screenwork every > > day for more than just a few months will inevitably (have to) get > > proficient (unless completely braindead). > > My ten fingers stay on my keyboard, which looks somewhat thus: > > http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/mobile/lenovo-thinkpad-t61/keyboard.jpg > > See the red dot in the middle? Mouse.
I didn't mean "trackpoints" or similar devices, but full keyboard "navigation" of the entire GUI through shortcuts etc. A "touch-type" GUI is a "must have" for any application that's supposed to be used productively. The mouse is nice to "explore" a GUI or for occasional/leisurely use, but once you use an application daily to earn your living, it's a hopeless roadblock for productivity. As is the "response time" behaviour of "web applications". Besides that pathological non-operating system MS (Not Responding), btw. "No cursor animation ever" is an absolute "must have" requirement for productivity applications. > THIS is a professional programmer's workspace. :) And by "screenworkers" I didn't refer to programmers. Those people rarely have to use the stuff that they implement. Sincerely, Wolfgang -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
