Mouse-over
You only really understand how important the mouse pointer is when you don’t have one. I am trying to enter this short passage with the help of a mouseless tablet. Editor icons and other controls can be a little difficult to decipher and so I subconciously use the tooltip as a confirmation that I’ve picket the right button. Right now it is a little annoying that the screen no longer has this useful dynamic feedback. And as I am typing on a touchscreen, I don’t have that physical feedback of the travelling keys. I could set this tablet to buzz each time I press a virtual key but it just does not feel right.
Maybe this tablet editing takes a bit of getting used to, but I doubt I could ever achieve my normal WPM using this slab.
Give me a solid keyboard and a mouse any day. For me, these are optimal.
Categorised as: LUE