Well, if we were talking about what we consider the easiest way to navigate,
I would have said I would spend my entire computing life at a command
prompt, but when using a GUI, I tend to gravitate toward the mouse . . .
Mic
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My mouse use really depends on my task at hand. Some days it seems I
go without touching it, other days I rely soley on it. Most times I
am doing a lot of typing in sporratic blocks and using keyboard
shortcuts for navigation, editing, window management, etc.. is just a
lot faster. It sometimes pains me when I am coaching somebody and they
use the Cut, Copy and Paste menu's to do editing (because it takes
them so long to move their hands to the mouse, find the cursor, find
the menu, click the menu, find the keyboard again). In most cases, it
is because they had not figured out there was a faster way. The
lightbulb that goes on over their head when I say "Try Control-C or
Control-V" is sometimes very bright indeed.
Although I am finding that now some people are being forced away from
the mouse - especially with some web apps that have fields with
actions that are triggered by a tab instead of a lose focus.
"Bob's your uncle" is an old slang for "there you go" or "you are all
set".
