Don’t click it!
June 14th, 2007 by Andy Didyk
I was thinking today that aside from a trackball, which is at best an awkward, ugly, and sad little invention (sorry trackball user, if you’re still out there), the mouse really hasn’t been significantly improved since its inception. However, given the power of Google and about 10 minutes of disposable time, I found a really cool site.
While he hasn’t changed the mouse at all, a German communications student by the name of Alex Frank has dared to design an interface that removes the need for a user to click. Anything. You can navigate the entire contents of the page, submit forms, and download images all without lifting a finger (to click, that is). I strongly encourage you to check it out…and to spend at least 5 minutes getting the hang of it. After I did that, I was totally hooked (with the exception being that it was impossible to select text for copy and pasting, but hey, it’s a prototype).
In fact, I’m somewhat disappointed that I have to click “publish” now.
In case you didn’t catch the link, it’s here: http://www.dontclick.it/
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