Another Day With My PC

I’m always wondering as to how the computer would evolve in the near future. News about developments in the IT industry litter dailies, both the traditional and electronic ones. New gadgets are born almost everyday, replacing their predecessors that we hardly even knew about.

One PC peripheral that I’m quite curious about as to how it would change or improve is the mouse. Well it already evolved a bit. In case you’re not aware of it, the net or Web page scroller located in between the two buttons of the device was not a staple a few years back.

Trackballs became popular a few years ago. Some had even suggested that it’s the new face and form of the mouse. But many found it too bulky and too difficult to use. While trackballs did not succeed in replacing the mouse, it did not totally disappear either. It became a different specie, so to speak.

What made the mouse survive evolutionary threats is its simplicity. With everything becoming complicated, the last thing that a PC user needs is a pointer or navigator that has 10 buttons and options that even its manufacturer cannot enumerate.

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