And a quote from there: "The basic summary is cursoring around required a higher level of mental planning to organize the interaction, which apparently obscures the perception of the passage of time--think of being deeply engaged in something and being surprised when you look at a clock-- whereas the use of the mouse was done at a lower, mechanical level that left the mind free for higher things, such as complaining about the mouse."

Don’t be surprised; plan9’s acme is not a popular application and its mouse orientation is too radical for high flying reviewers to grasp the merits of its original workings.

That said, I don’t want to use a mouseless environment, I just want the mouse to be useful and efficient when I use it.

I think it's just that: exploring new possibilities. I'm happy I tried mouse-driven and keyboard-driven workflow, because I could choose what I like the most.

I didn't know about Acme. Thanks for that!

A wacom screen is intuitive, but surprisingly hard to use.

Then there are all of the rsi implications of a mouse. I use a roller mouse that I love, but older members of my family just can't figure that out.