From: Riccardo Mori (rick_at_poc.it)
Date: Fri Mar 04 2005 - 02:58:11 PST
Alex Santos wrote:
> Read the press release on Jef Raskin's web site, this is official. Drag
> and drop is mentioned there.
the fact that he may have thought and/or introduced the click and drag
method does not necessarily prove that he introduced the mouse as a
pointing device on the Macintosh. in fact, you can have a pointer on a
bitmapped screen that is moved by a keyboard and a lot of other input
devices. everything i read about Apple's history mentions the fact that
he had always opposed the _mouse_ as an input device for the Macintosh.
furthermore, i saw some pictures of products he created when he founded
Information Appliance (two above all: Canon Cat and the Swyft
prototype) and i never saw a mouse attached to them :)
regards,
Rick
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