Gartner analyst says the mouse will be on the outs within five years

[froggyboy604]

by Donald Melanson, posted Jul 21st 2008 at 7:09PM

As you may have noticed, we're not ones to put much stock in analysts' predictions, especially when they involve the demise of something as entrenched as the mouse in as little as five years. Still, that's the limb Gartner analyst Steve Prentice has walked out on, sort of. While he first qualifies things a bit by saying that the mouse "works fine in the desktop environment but for home entertainment or working on a notebook it's over," he later seems to get considerably more definitive in stating that "the idea of a keyboard with a mouse as a control interface is the paradigm that I am talking about breaking down" (the keyboard, he says, is here to stay). In place of the mouse, Prentice sees things like facial recognition systems, multi-touch, and even devices like OCZ's mind-reading Neural Interface Actuator taking over. Now, if you'll excuse us, we're going to start practicing thinking really hard so we don't get tripped up during the transition.

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Source:: http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/gart ... in-five-y/

I think I still be using a mouse in 5 years since it works and I am very satisfied with what it does and how it does it. I agree with the article using a mouse for a home entertainment computer and laptop will not be the best pointing device for them due to size and location.

[SetoTK]

they said that about floppy disks,

the mouse is nearly obsolate which is a shame as it's damned awesome
though i think the mouse will still continue for a few more years after that, unless what replaces is it so unbeleivably awesome and revolutionary it's like cheese porn

[froggyboy604]

A lot of people also blame the mouse for Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, but I think those people probably did not buy a good mouse with decent ergonomics, or their using those cheap mouses that Dell bundles with their PC.

Yes, the mouse is an awesome product.

[SetoTK]

aye people don't think of ergo design they think that's nonsense but who's laughing now

though my problem with mouse/mice there to small even the desk top ones,