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Ellipsis... 🇨🇦 on Nostr: This reminded me of a study Apple did in the 80's to determine if a keyboard ...

This reminded me of a study Apple did in the 80's to determine if a keyboard interface was more efficient than a mouse-based one. My recollection is that mouse proved faster, but users reported they felt more efficient using a keyboard. Needless to say, this proved controversial.

I searched for the study, and this was the first hit:

https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/30682/are-there-any-recent-studies-of-the-keyboard-vs-mouse-issue