27 Aug
2004
27 Aug
'04
7:32 a.m.
> >>> Worst keyboard is anything with the
little eraserhead
> >>> pointing device in the middle. Distracts from typing,
> >>> useless for pointing.
> Although I hate them too...I have found they are the only worksable solution
> with everything is moving [e.g. while standing on the metro...]
On Fri, 27 Aug
2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
As if the invention of the mouse wasn't bad
enough, the little red pointer
is the worst atrocity to be foisted upon computer users ever since.
I had a chance to try Lee Felsenstein's version of an "isometric
joystick", and it worked reasonably well.
I was then very disappointed with the action of the IBM version.
BTW, during development, before release to the public, IBM's
was sometimes internally called "the clitoris".