[geeks] Subject: Re: Microsoft Surface...

[Phil Stracchino]

Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> 
>> I still say Apple's "one button mouse, single global menu-bar" metaphor
>> is complete and absolute crap.  I don't give a damn what their
>> "usability experts" say.
> 
> I like it a lot better for how I work.  I rarely maximize any windows,
> so in XP I'd have menubars scattered all over the screen.  It really is
> much faster for me just to toss the mouse at the top of the screen than
> to try to hit a 16px band some arbitrary distance above where the mouse
> pointer is presently.

See, if *I* "just to toss the mouse at the top of the screen", odds are
I'm on the next screen page.  :)



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