Is the End Near for the Computer Mouse in the Age of the Touch Screen?

Back in the day when the first computer mousecomputer mouse more accessible. Laptops and
was invented- it had only one button. The reasonother forms of portable computer devices use
it had only one button was so you couldn’ttouchpad and trackpads in place of the computer
make a mistake as to which button to push and itmouse allowing a user to use their fingertips, as a
was just straightforward and non-complicated.person would use a computer mouse to control a
The simplest and most straightforward things arecurser making control of computer functions that
not complicated and easy to use. Sometimesmuch easier. Touch screen technology has made
perfection can be improved upon. The Microsoftway for our fingertips to replace the computer
mouse emerged into a mouse having two, and atmouse. Could the computer mouse be cast away
times 3 buttons and the wheel which didn’tso quickly?
complicate the mouse if anything it just made it?
more functional and increased usability.Where will we see the next phase of the
?computer mouse? The computer mouse may not
Soon, the computer mouse became as apart ofdie out completely as we move into the future of
the office desk we all have come to know-the touch screen, but we may see the computer
mouse pads were invented to make it easier tomouse technology turn itself into more remote
use the mouse, wireless mice came on thefunctions than ever before with remote
market, needing only a small laser to connect thetechnology taking over large screens like pointer
mouse to the curser onto your computer screen.laser pens with more purpose or computer mice
Next- ergonomic mouse was invented to includewith much more control.
the comfort of all of the digits not just the index?
and middle fingers. And over the years, theWho knows what new technology will bring or
computer mouse continues to evolve.remove to our everyday computer use? If
?anything, technology will continue to evolve, taking
Touch screen technology and Glidepoint andthe computer mouse with it and like everything
Glidetouch technologies have now made theelse in natural selection- only the best survive.