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I'd normally say a resounding "no" for the reasons everyone else is stating: fat finger problem, pixel-perfect precision, arm strain of pointing at a screen, etc.

However, for the last year or so I've exclusively used the Trackpoint on my Thinkpad. Amazing little gizmo. Almost the same precision as a mouse, three buttons to click with, and it keeps your hands in the touch-typing position at all times. I was experiencing pretty bad mouse-button-clicking RSI, and hitting the Trackpoint buttons with my thumbs instead saves me.

Any other fans here?
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My guess would be that regeneration is too big a drain on the metabolism. Compared to the animals with that ability, mammals have positively ridiculous energy needs already. It may be that better healing from wounds is not sufficiently useful to make up for the strain that the healing itself entails.
They don't mention regenerating anything specific besides holes in ears. Can these mice regenerate digits? Whole limbs? Internal organs? Spinal column damage?
The scientists were at least responsible for letting the reports be blocked.
And according to MSDN "..IE9 will support playback of H.264 video as well as VP8 video when the user has installed a VP8 codec on Windows."

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2010/05/19/another-follow...
I'm not sure finance & law are of no value. Whatever may be wrong with the financial system, it isn't entirely maintained for the benefit of $GS (or hate figure du jour). I can imagine some of its functions replaced by less formal structures though.

Law is much harder to see replaced, even if flawed & incredibly inefficient. Law of little value? Shall we try without?
Wait, what? I'm declaring the rest of the world the "center of the universe" and labeling the one (first world) place that uses a drastically different reference point as wrong.
You could easily borrow some or all of the CSS in mine, I won't mind.
Have you tried a wireless mouse recently? They get pretty great battery life. 2-3 months is pretty common. I think Apple says the Magic Mouse lasts 4 for normal usage which sounds about right to me.
Home button is a major inconvenience on an iPad for me, I just never remember on which side it is, I would be totally happy if its replaced with a gesture. On an iPhone its a whole different story.
I've been using trackpads instead of mice for the last 6-8 years. This way your working environment is always the same regardless of whether you're at your desk or sitting on the sofa
You apparently don't use Netflix, MLB, NPR, YouTube, etc, etc. :)

I find myself looking for the speaker and volume switches a lot.
The whole idea of system-wide gestures seems wrong and un-iOS like.

The whole point of the iOS interface is that each app has its own mechanisms for accomplishing things that are optimized for that app alone, and the device is just a container that enables each app to do this.

So when you're in the web browsing your app, the experience is that you're using a device that has been made for web browsing. When you're in a calculator app, you're using a device that was built to behave like a calculator.

There are certain standards and techniques that all apps adopt when they handle similar tasks (like swipe to delete a row in a list or pinching to zoom and 2-fingered drag to pan) but those are all implemented by that specific app.

If the app decides that a 4-fingered swipe is the natural way of representing 'go to previous page' then thats what it will use.

Now, with a system-wide gesture, the container is peeking in through the application's interface and putting its stamp.

Until now, this was the function of the home button which was clearly outside the app's interface. Looks like that's changing now.
I prefer to use the "trackpoint" or a trackball as much as possible. For certain activities like gaming or detailed photoshop work a mouse is preferable due to increased precision, but for ordinary GUI interaction the better ergonomics of the trackball pay off immensely.

I think multi-touch is interesting, and I think it's dominant right now in electronics shows precisely because it is new, interesting, and innovative. But I don't think it will be the one and only pointing device to ever exist in the future.
That is not entirely true. Our head isn't mounted on our torso, it's mounted on our neck which can swivel! That's why you don't have to hold a book or your mobile phone or tablet at eye level.

Also, many marvelous masterpieces have been created by painters working with an easel, where the requirement of having to lift their arms doesn't seem to have been too much of a distraction.

If you really want to interact with a horizontal input device and a vertical output device, mice are not the only option. Pen tablets like those made by Wacom come to mind.

EDIT: Also check out the BendDesk which tries to address the horizontal/vertical issue: http://hci.rwth-aachen.de/benddesk
Touch killing the mouse makes about as much sense as helicopters killing airplanes.
Indeed,

"Wait, and ponder how there is noting quite so cute as a mouse swimming..."

It seems a little disturbing that the model for which drugs humans should receive should be "how well does it make animals seem to perform when we torture them"...
> To survive natural selection the gene must give the animal some reproductive advantage.

Most probably, but not necessarily.

A gene can be present without being useful because it is linked to another gene that is itself useful; or it can be a leftover from an earlier moment of evolution where it was useful, and then it ceased to be useful but there was never an evolution pressure strong enough to have it disappear.

In summary, just because a gene is present and active does not mean it's useful today.
Buy a gaming mouse. You won't be forced to game with them, and many of them offer excellent features (variable dpi, for example). I have had good experience with Razer mice but there are other brands as well.
I still remember my dad installing windows 3.1 from a set of windows 3.1 disks. My job was to change the disks when it asks :)
Since no one else has mentioned it: it's not just this antidepressant whose effects have been (at best) exaggerated, but pretty much all of them.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/irving-kirsch-phd/antidepressa...

(Apologies for linking to huffpo, but the article is by the guy who did the definitive survey of the research.)
This reminds me: could anyone tell me about future plans for unpython. It looked really nice, similar to shedskin and rpython. The last time I checked, and its a while ago, it seemed it played nicer with numpy and had plans for using OpenMP for the embarrassingly parallel loops and maps. I know that its author was on HN but I fail remember his id as of now. So unpython author, if you are reading this, I really liked it.
I'd have to agree. The way that the author uses Flickr is pretty pointless.
Article states that Microsoft already has a h264 plugin for Firefox. I imagine MS will probably do the same for
Chrome. They have big vested interest in ensuring that their DRM video will be ubiquitous. I imagine their licensing fees to companies like Netflix makes it a good business decision.

And Google can laugh all the way to the bank while they build and promote their own competing format.
It's easy to forget how young and immature the internet and even the software industry is. Software development is still in its alchemy stages, with as many (if not more) snake oil salesmen as there are people doing sound, repeatable engineering and science. And as much content as is on the internet today it's still a far cry from all of it, which is a near inevitability at this point. Every book, every magazine, every audio recording, every movie, every tv show, every home video, every bit of information that was ever typed or written onto a piece of paper, everything. As we get closer to that things will change, we have only just barely and experimentally started putting anything of substance online and the result has been staggering.

Nobody has seen anything yet.
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Sure. I own a G1, and I use it on the Airtel network. Call costs are 1paisa/sec(1 paisa is 100th of a rupee) to anywhere in the country, I don't even know how much an SMS costs, low enough that I don't notice. I pay Rs.98 a month for 2GB of GPRS data, which has quite a bit of latency, but enough speed for low quality Youtube streaming on EDGE. In total, it works out to about $4.5 a month. Unbelievable, right? This is actually the result of some pretty aggressive regulation by the Government, but also great competition. In fact, the Government recently mandated that the telcos make it possible for a person to switch networks without losing their phone number, further eliminating any semblance of lock-in they might have had. The downside of all this is that it has hindered the rolling out of 3G networks throughout the country. Personally, I would rather have a competitive, cheap telco market than a dysfunctional, expensive and confusing market even though it seems to lead to better technology.
I've got the magic mouse, and the batteries do last for ages. Downside is, it's a mouse, so it feels rather clunky to use when you are used to the Apple touchpads.
that's your guess, but I'll freely admit that you may be right.

however, there are increasing benefits to being first-class content in a browser, and there will be at least a few major providers (youtube, maybe (someday) people encoding to theora today) willing to transcode and distribute for you.

I believe (and I recognize that this is just my opinion) that web video should first be in an encoding that is free to use in any way. The only way this is going to happen is if Mozilla (and to a lesser extent, Google) make a stand now instead of waiting for one of the many long years between now and 2028 when the last h264 patent expires.
an nda is a contract, it's breach makes only the privileged party liable, and even then only civilly. wrong wrong wrong wrong!
All I'm saying is whoever would do the Google page would now be a famous designer.
Ah! I'll move those JavaScript files to the Math.ly domain soon to fix that problem for users that might have the same issue. Good insight. Thanks!
Latency is greater than 1 hour, if it takes an hour to copy the data to the tapes. You've got to get them to the destination and copy them off after that.
well, I'm not sure if I completely understand your line of reasoning, but note also, as clark-kent notes below, that Microsoft will also allow VP8 to be installed as a codec at the OS level and then work through IE9. The same will be true with Quicktime and Safari, but my understanding is that that is still hypothetical.
Thanks!

Ok, I think I got the FireFox thing figured out. Let me know if it's still wonky. (You might need to flush cache? Hopefully not.)
This may be one explanation of the phenomena but there are others.

For example, some anti-depressants disrupt REM sleep, creating a phenomena akin to a waking dream and thus making individuals less sensitive to finality of their actions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidepressant#REM_Sleep

Also, the most dangerous time for suicide for a person on anti-depressant is when they suddenly stop taking them - as happened to a good friend of mine. It is hardly the motivational quality that gets people going at that point.

Edit: suicidal AND homicidal feelings are "rare" but all-too-common responses to anti-depressants and especially to withdrawal from anti-depressants. I've had friends who had both responses in fashions that are at least very unexpected. Anyone with loved-ones taking such drugs, be on your guard.
I think I got the FireFox thing figured out. Let me know if it's still wonky. (You might need to flush cache? Hopefully not.)
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@futuremint Wasn't aware of Cloudant.com, thanks for the tip!

Edit: Did you get replication to cloudant working? I had problems replicating the design document.

@metabrew that's a really interesting proposition. Would be cool to see that done. Personally I haven't really used the social features of Delicious so it isn't something I've thought that much about.
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mice .. are still quite necessary.

They're not.

There are plenty of examples of mechanisms for computer interaction that don't require a mouse and cultivate strong loyalty from people who could instead be using a mouse interface: Bloomberg, the unix console, tiling window managers.

People who are into graphics tend towards tablets.

The mouse's success is due to path dependence. New users like it, and so we end up with all these mouse-dependent interfaces.
It looks like you're forced to use a named lambda.
True indeed. But painting involves steady motion of the hand whereas interaction with computers requires much less motion and thus is far more straining for our arms.

Basically, it all revolves around strain: We don't want to strain our arms by holding something up in the air for a long time and we don't want to strain out neck by holding the head in an imbalanced position for a long time. As long as the head can sit more or less balanced on the neck, we are fine. Hence, if we sit back, the comfortable position for the head is to look slightly downwards compared to the rest of the body. However, the head actually is still upright, only the body is at an angle. Of course, we can still move our eyes without straining the neck muscles. We are fine with looking something like 45° downwards. (Actually, we are most comfortable with looking at the ground a few dozen meters/feet away. That is the natural looking angle.)

Hence, monitors should sit slightly below eye level (for practical reasons, they usually extend from there to desktop level). Manual input devices should be located slightly below elbow level one forearm-length in front of the belly.

It will be interesting, which manual input devices will sit there in the future. But I would guess that they will always sit there, and not on the display.
To make that even more..fun the support is there but disabled and the dev team have refused to give any kind of timeline. I assume there's either some significant performance issues or glaring bugs. This seems odd given it's part of webkit & runs just dandy on iOS.
A contract doesn't have to be signed to be enforceable.
Best retort I've seen, of this:

http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2011/01/why_chinese_mothers_are_not_su.html
On gaming mice: I don't need anymore DPI. I'm not a gamer, so buying a gaming mouse is just spending money on features that I won't use.

On the latest wireless mice: I have tried new wireless mice. It's not the efficiency of the mouse it self thats the problem. It's the fact that they all use AA or AAA cells. Therefore, I have to eventually remove them, charge them, and replace them in the mouse. Plus the NiCad batteries eventually loose capacity after a few cycles (even the nice kind like Eneloop).

The biggest problem is wireless interference and tracking latency that I experience with all wireless mice.

There still is innovation in the mouse field. Placing a touch interface on a mouse is great. From my short experience with one, I've found it to be the biggest innovation since 'scroll wheels' and 'optical tracking'.

Right now, it seems like seems like the mouse market is divided between gamers (people who want the maximum DPI and lots of programmable buttons) and casual users (people who want a simple, lightweight and wireless mouse for there laptop). Someone like myself (a computer professional, who wants something sturdy, comfortable and reliable) is no longer considered a market.

I really would like to use a mouse with a touch surface, but without a wired USB connection, the inconvenience outweighs the benefits.
I would absolutely expect the death of the mouse. In its current form that is. In my opinion the mouse interface introduced with the MBP and now purchasable as an external component is a sign of the future. It has the same precision as a regular mouse so you don't have the iPad's touch problem of lack of precision, but you move your finger on the device instead of moving the device.

That alone wouldn't be enough to unseat the vulnerable mouse but the advantage the touchpad is that it can track multiple fingers. I envision a future where the keyboard is extended with a kind of flat space that can take precise input from all 10 fingers.

I've seen a demo somewhere that had exactly that, but I don't know what's come of it.
The message was written in 1998. I don't think anyone is considering doing that now.
I know! Why can't I get a trackball on a laptop anymore! :-P
I would always buy a good mouse till i bought my macbook pro.

After each 2-3 day hacking session, i would resurface with paining dry eyes and aching wrist and elbow.

Now, after similar sessions, i am only left with dry eyes.

I haven't really read up about the ergonomics of multi-touch track pads, but i think they inflict either lesser RSI or are attacking a different set of muscles.
To be certain, lots of conjecture on my part. I just found it very interesting that Microsoft is essentially taking on the h264 licensing fees for Firefox by releasing a h264 plugin for the browser. (I'm assuming that MS will be footing the licensing fees -- or maybe they're just covered by a blanket $6.5 million fee, so it's just the cost of building the plugin that they really have to eat)

My extrapolation is a reach, but supporting h264 on Firefox doesn't make sense except if MS is seeing cash from h264 ubiquity.
He highlights finance as one of the industries inevitably disrupted. I hope he's right but I have personally always viewed finance industry profits as a tax that cannot be avoided at any cost less than the cost of starting over. Is there hope that I'm mistaken?
Oh great, another "Death of .." article. When will we see the death of them.

But seriously .. As an avid gamer I can't see the mouse going any place for a long time. Eye tracking or a USB port into the back of the head are the only viable-ish alternatives I can imagine due to the extremely precise and fast interaction needed.
I have experience with all kinds of antidepressants, targeting
serotonin, dopamin and norepinephrine.

The norepinephrine one isn't directly changing my mood, or
reducing my fears, but it's definetly increasing my drive,
in a kind waking me up.

Perhaps my depression isn't "typical", because it seems mostly
originating from an affection of the pituitary.
I was doing a small experiment yesterday whilst I had traffic.

The page is now back to it's original design with the pricing take.

Sorry for the confusion :)
How so?

It seems that you are proclaiming that touch would provide more flexibility at the expense of maximum speed and efficiency. I would actually say it is exactly the other way around: Touch killing the mouse makes about as much sense as airplanes killing helicopters. And you know what, I actually kind of prefer airplanes for most commercial flights just as I would say that touch interfaces are actually faster to use and easier to learn than mouse interfaces.

Of course, I often do need helicopter precision on my desktop... But yay for the iPad for casual gaming, websurfing and communicating.
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I don't think that will be possible. From the video, it looks to me like the three-finger gesture is only for switching between apps, and having an app intercept it would be jarring. For instance, if you were swiping through your recent apps, and got to the browser, you wouldn't be able to move on using the same gesture, and it would be like hitting a brick wall. In fact, I imagine that individual apps won't even be able to capture these gestures, because the system will catch them first, and interpret them as app-switching.
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Can you justify this? Would be nice to have a link to a report or something backing what you write, because the Red Cross is always coming, this is maybe the only organisation you are sure to find everywhere there are people to help. In Germany they are pretty efficient.
4 finger swipe already exists on OSX as a system wide gesture for Expose and Application switching. No, it's not exactly an apples to apples comparison as OSX doesn't depend on gestures as heavily, but the tradeoff is well worth the benefit.

You no longer need to push on a physical button to switch between apps!

Re: the container peeking through the application's interface.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing either. I'd argue that consistency can (in some cases) be more important than giving application developers total control. Have you ever been to a site which intercepts right clicks so that you can't copy and paste?
Sure, if you live in vim, emacs, unix console, etc... I, and plenty of other people do not. Not everyone wants to live within a command prompt.
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Wow. Look at the jump in valuation from April 2006, when 5% was sold at a $550 million valuation, to October 2007 when Microsoft bought 1.6% at a $15 BILLION valuation.
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I second this idea. Put the puzzle on something tangible, like a shirt, a cup, a birthday card, etc. Then it would make a more meaningful birthday gift. Manufacturing, of course, is another question...
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I said nothing of the sort. I simply said that the first amendment is not involved in this case, in reply to someone who said it was.
One possible example that already happened: The internet contributed to the more-or-less death of the traditional full-service stock broker in the late-90s, with the rise of electronic discount brokerages like E*Trade.

I do agree that it's not clear it has or will in aggregate reduce the finance industry's take, though. More comprehensive disruption of the finance sector by technology would find a way to reduce finance's total cost, the way VOIP completely disrupted traditional telecoms. Finance firms seem remarkably adept at keeping the total take from falling overall, though, even when particular fees are forced downwards.
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There are rumors that this is exactly what's going to happen.
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I imagine you could curb a lot of these abuses by holding lawyers liable for frivolous lawsuits... the patent troll might not have anything to lose, but any not-hack lawyer would...
Gecko also supports text-decoration:blink if you’re a fan of semantic markup and keeping presentation in the presentation layer.

Personally, I’m waiting for “Bug 173540 - make text-decoration:blink pulse instead of blink” to be fixed: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=173540