Mouse nearing end of life?
Today I came across this article about, Apple’s Magic Trackpad Signals The End Of The Mouse Era . The author has rightly pointed out the switch in direction in interaction patterns with the computer. The author has also followed it up with another article, The Mouse Is Dead. I Just Killed It. Now Can We Move On? , because of the huge response in comments in the first article. Some of the comments are downright hilarious. Didn't know people were so passionate about the mouse! I think the end of the mouse has started some time back with other alternatives in interaction pattern being explored. A project that I have been very impressed with is Sixth Sense . And Pranav, who is the lead of the sixth sense project, has come up with mouseless . Looking forward to the success of these projects.