RE: Wheel mouse/track ball/keyboard/left brain-right brain/zone

["Lorraine Butchart" <Lorraine -dot- Butchart -at- corel -dot- com>]

I have a theory of my own to add to this debate: I suspect that those
who prefer the mouse over keyboard shortcuts tend to be primarily visual
learners, while those who prefer keyboard shortcuts tend to be either
auditory or kinesthetic learners. I know lots of shortcuts, and I do use
some of them for certain frequently performed tasks (Ctrl-C, Ctrl-X,
Ctrl-V, and Ctrl-Z for example). However, when I am performing tasks I
do not do once every five minutes, I like to _see_ what I'm doing, which
to me means watching the mouse cursor, opening menus, and selecting
commands. I should add that I was trained as a touch typist lo! these
many years, and so I always watch the monitor when I work rather than
the keyboard.

Perhaps non-touch typists (at least those who watch the keyboard while
they are typing) who use keyboard shortcuts are also visual learners...

Hmm. I bet someone could get a sizeable government grant to study this
area...

Lorraine L. Butchart
Documentation Specialist
Corel Corporation
Vancouver Office
(604) 430-1966 Ext. 4429
Lorraine -dot- Butchart -at- corel -dot- com


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