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In article <1992Oct5.155824.18047@reed.edu> rseymour@reed.edu (Robert Seymour)  
writes:
> In article <1992Oct5.085406.4875@liveware.com> todd@liveware.com writes:
> 	[stuff deleted...]

[ my stuff canned about what someone should do to get good feel ]

> > Todd


[ Robert's stuff canned about really someone should design the
system ergo feel to be 'correctly' and 'idealistically' designed. ]

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> Robert Seymour					rseymour@reed.edu

I agree, as I took typing 12 years ago and still touch type with
preference to not rest my hands/writsts on anything.  But in
the real world of hacking, interacting with email, news and what
have you, I find resting my hands is optimal.

In the 2 years of
teaching and 4 years of studying anatomy, I have been fortunate
to realize the serious consequences of improper hand positions.
I have contacted the makers of the radical 'Bat' keyboards, I think
called "the jack" now for some legal/marketing reason.  I would
prefer a tool (not necessarily a keyboard) which fits into my hands
and I didn't have to perform gymnastic moves on a minute to minute basis
to perform information interaction with a computer.  Until cost
effective speaker independant speech recognition becomes a standard
in 3rd party or manufacture distribution (something I highly desire)
then I am stuck with what I am sold or can purchase.

NeXT does not offer good manual interface tools, period.
The original Mac mouse is not much worse (IMHO) than what
NeXT offers.  And making a mouse into the shape of a
badminton shuttlecock doesn't solve the mouse problem.
Making a keyboard tilt is old 'technology' and doesn't solve the problems
of wrist inversion while typing (bent medially when in the anatomical
position).  I would say the ADB compatibility is going to help, making
some product alternative available and that is great.  I still feel
the new products from NeXT are less than high tech.  We have 7 systems
here and each and every keyboard feels different, each mouse feels
different and each monitor flickers, flashes and tracks the electon beam
differently (even after numerous tweakings).
  
The ADB 'feature' is only good since it will allow me to use something
other than a NeXT product, which you can read into if you want.  I am
sick and tired of using NeXT interface tools, and I hope a 3rd party
really makes a splash with hardware UI goods.  I would be the
one of the first in line to consider/purchase serious alternatives.
Blah, blah, blah.

Todd Nathan
Liveware Corporation
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