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What's faster: keyboard or mouse?
« on: April 25, 2008, 02:36:40 pm »
http://www.asktog.com/TOI/toi06KeyboardVMouse1.html

To save you time from reading, if you are lazy: they conclude that mousing is, with some facts that seem compelling.

I'm not sure that I buy it, though. But eh? It's interesting.

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Re: What's faster: keyboard or mouse?
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2008, 02:43:56 pm »
In my opinion, it's all situational.  Some programs flow very well with just the keyboard.  :P
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Re: What's faster: keyboard or mouse?
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2008, 02:49:07 pm »
Yeah.. I think it comes down to habits.

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Re: What's faster: keyboard or mouse?
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2008, 02:50:26 pm »
With a keyboard, I have perhaps 30 keys that I can hit without even moving my wrists. With my mouse, five. Not to mention, to get to my mouse, I probably have to move my wrists. Note, I haven't RTFA'd yet.

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Re: What's faster: keyboard or mouse?
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2008, 03:19:27 pm »
In my opinion, it's all situational. 
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Re: What's faster: keyboard or mouse?
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2008, 03:38:02 pm »
It depends on whether the subject is Korean or not.

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Re: What's faster: keyboard or mouse?
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2008, 04:33:24 pm »
I seen a mouse run REAL fast, I've never seen a keyboard move on its own accord.

BUT ... once my buddy stomped on poor little rattoulie, the mouse didn't move own its own either :(.  Poor mother fucking rattoulie.

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Re: What's faster: keyboard or mouse?
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2008, 05:10:00 pm »
motion sensing wii controller is obv the fastest.
i wave my arms frantically to open games
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