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From: Phil Regnauld <regnauld@ftf.net>
To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD cures RSI
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Terry Lambert writes:
> 
> Hmmm.  I wonder how the existance of mice has impacted the ability
> of the post-mouse generation to learn touch-typing.  Negatively,
> would be my guess...

	Very interesting subject, in fact:

	look at the way 15 year-olds type on a word processor:

  "The Haunted House..."      <stops, grabs the mouse, highlights
                               the words, clicks on the underline button>
  "<CR><CR>"                  <stops, grabs the mouse, clicks on
                               "justify full">
  "There once was a house, 
   a haunted..."              <stops, grabs the mouse, highlights "haunted",
                               clicks on "italic">

	...etc...

	A journalist friend of mine teaches writing classes by turning off the monitor
	and asking people to type blind (that was even before mice).


	Saw a survey once made in 87 comparing "qualitative/presentation" aspects
	of college term papers made on Macs and PCs.  Systematically, the PC (WordStar,
	etc...) version was estimated to be more polished, while maybe less pretty
	to look at.

	Mac users, on the other hand, had missing words, sentences repeated twice.

	Interruption of the         <stop [ESC] b b b b i " [ESC] w w w " [ESC] A>
	"train of thoughts" ?


	:-)

-- 
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