Joey: Actually I'd define the mouse as a pretty good drawing tool, once one has gotten used to the odd orientation. Certainly it's better than a keyboard. And what it's really good for is picking a spot from a graphic (e.g. recentering a map) or jumping great distances on the screen (remember when the arrow and page keys were the only way to move around a text document?)

What I most hate the mouse for is its use in many programs to choose items from a list of possible commands. Most standard Windows programs now have chording alternatives (which are often such a nuisance or so hard to remember that the mouse is still easier), but there's a lot of programs out there where the only practical option is to take your hand off the keyboard and move the mouse. I miss hot keys, a fad of the early 80s which entirely vanished when GUI became fashionable. Chording only became common after a long, very painful interval, and in any case is no substitute for hot keys, which are as similar to chording as the Roman Empire was to the Holy Roman Empire.

I also hate those web pages which require either a mouse or a lot of awkward tabbing to reach an "OK" or "Submit" button. (Good for QuickTopic that it only takes one tab from the text-enter box.)

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