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Quote: Star uses a two button mouse instead of three; increased consistency and simpler semantics

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mouse buttons

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All of those mice have three buttons on … of Alto programs all had different semantics for … There was no consistency between systems. Sometimes, there … Thus, we decided to simplify the mouse for … we prototyped and tested six different semantics for … [eventually found a good two button design] everyone found it simple and trouble-free to use.   Google-1   Google-2

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