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The crime against humanity that is the modern OS desktop, and how to kill it

martinusher Silver badge

Re: Reactionary but...

Bet you're right handed. Its not the mouse that's the problem, either. (No, you don't have to reverse the buttons, that's a right hander's reaction to "Oh, I've got to support left handed people". Its much more subtle than that.)

Incidentally, the fundamental problem with GUIs is that people only have two hands. That's why the two finger typists prefer them. Touch typists are much, much, happier when they don't have to take their hands off the keyboard. This explains why some programmers won't switch to the latest GUI even though it highlights syntax in rainbow colors -- they need a command set that uses standard keyboard placement.

(That brings me to another GUI frustration. I've lost count of the number of times I've been given a text box to type in and my typing -- which isn't particularly fast -- has completely overrun the software. This confirms my theory that most programmers can't type.)

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