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Aucbvax.2286 fa.works utzoo!duke!decvax!ucbvax!works Wed Jul 15 03:59:49 1981 Touchpanel prejudice >From SAUNDERS@USC-ISIB Wed Jul 15 03:58:37 1981 Again, random assumptions are being made. Who says you can't mount buttons where they can be used easily with a touchpanel? Specifically, you can take advantage of the normal use -- pointing with one hand while the other remains in "home position" at the keyboard -- to provide either mouse or touchpanel with lots of "buttons" (just 'cause they have letters printed on top doesn't mean they aren't buttons!). Of course, the kinesthetics aren't exactly alike; but the assertion implied by JWalker that mouse is necessarily better on this ground is pure assumption. If there's evidence, tell us about it!

I didn't say there was no DIFFERENCE, just that the touchpanel's inferiority as being asserted on unfair (scientifically careless) grounds, that touchpanels were being castigated for faults they don't in fact have. They are indeed different, and the good and bad points of that difference need to be carefully explored without the interference of preconceived conclusions.

Steve -------

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