I was reading one of my newsletters I get from Tech Republic the other day and it seems some experts are predicting that the mouse is on the way out, It is supposed to give way to touchscreen and voice recognition. Personally I have a hard time buying that.
Here's some of my slants on this topic...
1. Exactly how ergonomic is holding your arm up touching the screen to do computer operations for any length of time going to be? The screen would have to be built into a desk or laying relatively flat.
2. The screen would have to be huge to accomodate fat fingers to get any accuracy in selecting or initiating any action.
3. Sorry hold on while I clean my screen...imagine this problem with hand oils and trying to have a working lunch without inviting disaster.
4. Not feeling so well today and my voice recognition software can't understand my raspy voice.
5. I'm speaking with a client doing tech support and I'm speaking commands to my computer and have to constantly tell the client "no not you". Then the computer stops doing what I told it to do.
6. Equipment cost? A mouse costs 10-100 bucks and can survive several computer purchaces...hmmm