{"id":293516,"date":"2019-01-25T07:49:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T05:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=293516"},"modified":"2019-01-25T07:50:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T05:50:28","slug":"why-you-dont-need-a-mouse-to-use-a-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/293516-why-you-dont-need-a-mouse-to-use-a-pc.html","title":{"rendered":"Why you don’t need a mouse to use a PC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Motherboard’s Daniel Oberhaus recently spent a week without a mouse<\/strong><\/a>, using only keyboard shortcuts to navigate his computer interface.<\/p>\n

Oberhaus found that it took some time to memorise important keyboard shortcuts such as pressing Ctrl + Tab to switch between browser tabs and Win + R to open the Run interface in Windows.<\/p>\n

After these were memorised however, he discovered that keyboard shortcuts saved a lot of time compared to performing the same actions using the mouse. This was particularly true for navigating and organising Gmail.<\/p>\n

However, actions such as navigating forums through hyperlinked text and editing images in Photoshop were made much harder without a mouse.<\/p>\n

While the mouse has allowed everyday users to navigate computers more easily, using a keyboard is often the more efficient method of interfacing with a system, according to Oberhaus’ experience.<\/p>\n

The computer mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart, who created the device as an easier and more natural way of interfacing with a computer in combination with a keyboard.<\/p>\n

The result of Oberhaus’ experiment suggests that while the mouse won’t be going away any time soon – especially for gamers – most PC users will benefit from learning and using keyboard shortcuts to improve efficiency.<\/p>\n

Now read:\u00a0Why \u201cdigital detoxes\u201d are nonsense<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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