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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by toast0 on Thursday December 19, 2019 @03:26AM (#21833036)
> I'm trying to imagine UI that are graphical and beautiful but works with keyboard only, and it actually could be a very interesting world if that were popular.

Windows is mostly mouse optional. You very rarely need a mouse, it's just way more common to use one. My memory is a bit off, but I know Win 95 was fine, I think it got a bit worse in XP (a lot more things that were hard to tab to), and 10 is ok, but not great.

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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by gpderetta on Thursday December 19, 2019 @05:24AM (#21833573)
I do not use Windows much, but when the search box was added to the start menu (in Windows Vista I think), it was a huge navigational improvement for me.
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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by mlonkibjuyhv on Thursday December 19, 2019 @08:59AM (#21834904)
I've done a ton of keyboard only on XP and 7 - it's mostly fine.

I would like to murder the group of fools that managed to make a GUI for a touchscreen service program that was unusable without mouse and disabled the touch unit for some functionality, but that's neither here nor there.

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