on 11/9/01 2:19 AM, gopi_at_sin.sloth.org at gopi_at_sin.sloth.org wrote:
> Honestly, you're reading way to much into this. They did HCI research,
> they found that arrow keys were less productive, and they dropped
> them. They didn't conspire to subvert your choice, they just chose not to
> put those keys there.
I have pc-using friends who are slaves to the keyboard arrows. They will
fritter away the minutes navigating through a document via the arrow keys,
when a quick couple clicks of the mouse would have gotten them there
quicker. :-) It's painful to watch.
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