While we’ve been mousing away with one hand, our other hand has often been idle. However, for decades, the full power of the mouse has been limited. The ability to coordinate between the movement of a marker on the screen and a flick of the wrist was truly revolutionary, and has transformed the way we interface with our machines today. The world met the mouse.īefore the mouse, the primary way to interact with a computer was to type a command, wait for a response, and type a second command. One of the many advancements Engelbart discussed was the creation of a simple, intuitive pointing device that would allow you to manipulate a cursor on a screen with the movement of your hand. On December 9, 1968, Douglas Engelbart rocked the computing world with The Mother of All Demos.
