In a few short decades, the humble computer mouse has gone from the most cutting-edge technology developments known as a fairly common device. And, in fact, mouse actions seem a bit outdated today. Touch pad and touch screen to appear, have begun to cast doubt on whether the mouse is most suitable input method in modern computing, although it has not completely given up the mouse, but go on, whether the mouse is going extinct? or completely replaced?
A brief history of the mouse
Birth of the mouse is not so easy as it looks, which is very unique and very strange, actually it appeared at three different stages.
As early as during the first appearance of the mouse in the 1940 of the 20th century, when the computer is still in very early stages of starting. United Kingdom naval radar simulation project is to study the Comprehensive Display System, simple literal translation is an integrated instrument display system. The name laerfu·benjieming (Ralph Benjamin) scientists questioned whether the system is good enough, so in 1946 developed a "trackball" prototype of a manipulator, and at the time was seen as United Kingdom military secrets, but then in 1947 the "ball" to obtain a patent.
Laerfu·benjieming manipulator inventions laid the Foundation for today's mouse, and the mouse-like device used for a couple of decades until 2005, IEEE History Center interview he revealed the schedule a great invention. In the interview he is confident and referred for early input in terms of the way the "track ball" is the long-term stability of the solution.
During the second appearance quite a lot of people have heard of, it's 1960, and primary role is today known as the "father of the mouse" Douglas Englebart (Doug Engelbart). He found that mouse pixels, a device that had been used in radar systems, but not good enough, so starting from 1961, he and the team made many attempts, such as joysticks, track balls instead. Until 1963, Engelbart had designed a Palm size, based on the wheel of equipment, that is, the initial prototype of the mouse. After several rounds of testing and repair of the cursor controller, introduced in 1964 was almost perfect the first mouse prototype was born, the mouse made from a wooden box, there is only one button on the surface.
1968 of December 9, Engelbart in gold is San Francisco cloth Lu grams Republika Hall of podium, to world show has 10 years time of research results: NLS system, in up 90 minutes of show process in the, he using has advanced of mouse, and by see that proceeds of text edit device, and Super links, and text graphics mixed row,, because this field wonderful colorful of show let people horizons big open, later this activities was dubbed "demonstrates of mother" of activities in the.
Third appearance with the second period. Germany Berlin the Telefunken electronics giants, officially launched on October 2, 1968, a Rollkugel round or spherical mouse. To tell the truth, road gelasi·engeerbate was still not ready to be an x-y position indicator light prepare Telefunken has entered the market opens the first, began to widely used in retail channels. In fact, the biggest problem is that Telefunken company forgot to apply for a patent.
However, Douglas Englebart a mouse of patents, but due to the validity of the patent is only 17 years, and he never officially received royalties. Because all over the world, different teams for the "input" solution conclusions very similar to the 1973 mouse again on the Alto computer at Xerox PARC Research Center, SRI International where the mouse is Engelbart (Stanford Research Institute). In 1983, new models of the Apple Lisa, Apple shares for $ 100,000 from the Xerox PARC mouse improvement and commercialization of get carried forward. 1987 SRI agrees to sell Apple mouse patent.
Touch indicates the changing times, but may also touch not the eternal plan
It seems that is the perfect method for controlling a computer mouse, mouse is very popular today, rarely seen in most cases you do not have a mouse attached to a desktop computer, notebook computer always come with the trackpad, but many users prefer to keep a small mouse instead. Huawei executives of their entrepreneurial dreams
We are not difficult to find in the past 30 years, in fact, any other computer peripherals will fundamentally change. Even connected the mouse and the computer's USB interface has changed significantly, and continued innovation. However, the mouse itself is largely keeping the same form, Trackball Optical or laser sensors, become more efficient, but still provide the same function.
To tell the truth, touch screen operation, it is difficult to enter the mainstream PC business. One might argue that that's because computer users tend to use a mouse to browse through your computer, so it's hard to be convinced to try new input method. Is it? in the past ten years, or five years, very large touch-screen device on stage one after another, already speaks volumes about our adaptation is very strong.
Earlier, the touch screen has been considered to be a new thing, in fact it goes into our field of vision is not a long time. Now, however, almost all smart phones and tablet computers touch screen, debated at first mobile phone with a physical keyboard or touch screen better than the problem, has now died down, more people discussing which of the new touch experience more comfortable, more humane.
But in fact, many touch screen devices, now connect naturally operate a traditional keyboard and mouse, and more and more touch UI provides desktop mode, and an increasing number of mixed types of 2-in-1 device appearance. Equipment carrying Windows10 platform is one of them, but you should note that Microsoft, the new system provides more than one input, not only to support the traditional mouse and keyboard, also includes a touch-screen and Cortana voice control.
Observation market, is obviously began has many big manufacturers and big enterprise are began try water more diversification of entered way, sought let user familiar of new of entered programme, just currently away from target still sight, side also expression has rates touch operation does not necessarily became PC of mainstream, future of entered way may will has more of possibilities, technology big bowl Microsoft not also created has wide is know of HoloLens project did? they of of efforts and just to win news value, And the near future, it is likely to become a mainstream input.
This is unexpected innovation input method?
The funny thing is, some very talented people who are creating more new input methods, strive for the purpose of a better computing experience. For example from Canada entrepreneur Calvin Chu and Ashish Bidadi publish targeted input: modular control panel, solve the problem of keyboard mouse does not operate easily.
Palette offers a number of knobs, buttons, and sliders, a series of modules, users can get it together like LEGO, and then customize to suit your needs input. As long as these modules via USB connection to the computer, then by software can be a simple mapping, each module controls what can be distinguished clearly, to create a new human-computer interaction.
This applies to what people enter way introduces, Palette for music production, DJ crash, video editing, and so on, even for gaming. Lift some simple of example, you can with which a control article to control Photoshop in the of exposure, and compared, and saturated degrees like of regulation, or with more than 10 a button to old any do has a phone of dial device and so on, regardless of is professional of color color system DaVinci Resolve, and video edit software Avid Media Composer, and CAD Shang are can mapping related operation, meet PC Shang various most not unusual of task.
Palette was born to bring people to the earlier experience of the computer age, and most of that time people were eventually found the best input of the machine through the fingertips, such as slowly turned the knob on the radio, to find the best signal of the channel is not only easy, but dimensions can be very precise. In other words, the touch screen is very convenient, but not precise, precise keyboard, but is very inconvenient. This simple way of input was born anew, is that times have changed and now, software to enable the buttons, knobs, coupled with more software, more features were more efficient by using complex software, which often use shortcut keys to game enthusiasts should have deep experience.
Another story
Using computers for a long time and you will probably find, both mouse and keyboard are not human and the most natural way, when touch-screen appears, even a child knows how to poke it with your finger, but when it comes to professional work, of course, professional equipment to do better, including games have specialized gaming peripherals.
Anyway, calculation field of development to has we many revelation, mouse and keyboard may is currently most powerful of entered programme, but actually we using of computer has became more diversified has, and we and equipment interactive of way has been no quickly followed up, so has been yilai everyone kept to expects to a more natural of way and virtual world for interactive, more simple to put things do have better.
With the transformation of a new way of thinking and technology development, maybe one of these days, the mouse might become part of computer culture like a floppy disk, but it's not a bad thing.
