Post #2419263
2022-12-02 21:41 UTC
@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
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@cross@discuss.systems 2022-12-03 12:04
@byterhymer@mastodon.social @me_@sueden.social @ole@chaos.social I suspect Apple was aware. As I understand it, the single-button mouse was a cost saving measure, and someone (Raskin?) convinced Jobs that a single button was workable.
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@gpshead@infosec.exchange 2022-12-12 21:47
@byterhymer@mastodon.social @me_@sueden.social @ole@chaos.social I love controlling my phone with my knees.