Mouse Keys - History

History

Historically, MouseKeys supported GUI programs when many terminals had no dedicated pointing device. As pointing devices became ubiquitous, the use of mouse keys narrowed to situations where a pointing device was missing, unusable, or inconvenient. Such situations may arise from the following:

  • precision requirements (e.g., technical drawing)
  • disabled user or ergonomics issues
  • environmental limits (e.g., vibration in car or plane)
  • broken equipment

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