One Week: No Mouse, Just Keyboard

jfruhlinger writes "Anyone in tech has heard from grousing old-timers who believe the GUI was the beginning of the end of civilization and that EMacs keyboard shortcuts are all the interface anyone should need. But can someone use a modern consumer OS without laying hands on a mouse? Kevin Purdy gave it a week-long try."

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Fucking windows key

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Still, in 2011, I have a Windows[tm] key on my keyboard. It STILL isn't used for anything. Did we *really* need a replacement for Ctrl-Esc? I remember not long ago, looking up the shortcuts for the Windows[tm] key, and the entire alphabet had not been allocated. It's as if Microsoft just innovated (snort) the Windows[tm] key in order to brand all keyboards with the Microsoft(R) symbol, and then forgot about the entire project. Looking at the docs, I see that Windows[tm]+G means "select next Windows Sidebar gadget item and bring all gadgets to the foreground." Wow! How freaking useful! Certainly good enough to allocate an entire key on the keyboard!