Somehow every time someone says the mouse will go on retirement I am not convinced. It's a seriously well designed product which has lasted for what, over 40 years? The mouse provides quite a bit of precision. Yes, perhaps it takes effort to learn, but with time people can move items around at pixel level detail which I doubt will be possible to do with fingers. Furthermore, when using the mouse the hand rests at a 90 degree angle and is supported by a desk, which suits longer working hours. Will people be able to move their fingers and wave their arms for 9 to 5, 5 days a week? Unlikely as it will require more physical energy.
The way I see it, retirement of the mouse is an over exaggeration. Gestures definitely are a new way of interacting and will increase in popularity. However, I think gestures will diversify our ways of interaction and not replace the old, the same way paper still supports us today along side computers. Or am I in the denial phase? :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36725 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
