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2022-12-02 21:18 UTC
@byterhymer@mastodon.social @ole@chaos.social This page of the Heinz Nixdorf computer museum (in German, sorry) claims that the development has started "after 1965". The exact date does not seem to be known. https://blog.hnf.de/wenn-die-maus-zweimal-klingelt/
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@byterhymer@mastodon.social 2022-12-02 21:41
@me_@sueden.social That's good to know. My understanding is that SRI actually worked on a variety of pointing devices prior to settling on the mouse in usability studies. One was even moved by a knee if I recall correctly? (I can only imagine they were trying to change a lot of paradigms also see: their chorded keyboard) My understanding is they also did testing with multiple mouse button permutations (as many as 5?) before settling on 3. Alas Apple seemed to have missed out on SRI's prior research. @ole@chaos.social