Re: Oberon/Acme/etc. mouse heavy interfaces

> > Computer mice simply are terrible devices not suited at all to
> > the vast majority of the tasks people want you to use them for.
> 
> Disagree. (The number #1 accessory I buy with a notebook is
> a mouse, to let us understand. Alphabet Morse tipping on the

You can disagree, but there is a lot of research that quantifies
problems with mice and how they're used.  I recommend "The Humane
Interface" as reference material; key points include

  * context switching between keyboard and mouse is worse than using
    either alone

  * Fitt's Law (and all of the other things we *know* about humans
    using visual interfaces) and how so many interfaces ignore it

  * the only really solid occupation use study of repetitive stress
    injuries found that it was *mouse and keyboard* use, not keyboard
    use alone, that was a good predictor of medical problems...