On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Fred Cisin wrote:
> > > >>> Worst keyboard is anything with the little eraserhead
> > > >>> pointing device in the middle. Distracts from typing,
> > > >>> useless for pointing.
> > > Although I hate them too...I have found they are the only worksable solution
> > > with everything is moving [e.g. while standing on the metro...]
> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> > As if the invention of the mouse wasn't bad enough, the little red pointer
> > is the worst atrocity to be foisted upon computer users ever since.
>
> I had a chance to try Lee Felsenstein's version of an "isometric
> joystick", and it worked reasonably well.
> I was then very disappointed with the action of the IBM version.
>
> BTW, during development, before release to the public, IBM's
> was sometimes internally called "the clitoris".
"Sometimes" meaning only when the male engineers on the team referred to
it ;)
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