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[Chris Torek]

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In article <3540 at unisoft.UUCP> greywolf at unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) writes:
>[ Are people so against a keyboard?  Is it really just "quaint"?  I don't
>  find it so.   People must *really* hate typing if they start thinking of
>  this stuff... ]

It occurred to me during Usenix, while listening to Tom Christiansen
playing the piano, that the piano keyboard is a distinctly `unfriendly'
interface by the `average user's standards'.  Look how long people have
to train to be able to use it effectively.  Should we replace it with a
point-and-click interface?

(Of course, this analogy, like all analogies, cannot be taken too far
before it falls apart.  But it gives the right flavor.)
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