Explained

Why are people choosing to say goodbye to the rodent? Why are they settling on a command-line interface when the rest of the world has moved on to the greener pastures of graphical desktops, glittering windows, and animated Adobe(R) After Effects(R)? Are they insanely flying in the face of progress?

No, quite the opposite, these people have mastered the [[HCI?]]. They navigate the desktop with ease without having to resort to icons and pointers. The computer obeys their touch-typed instructions and provides clear feedback on a full-screen display.

Free yourself from all the confusion over click-to-raise or sloppy-window focus. Forget about desktop decor, senseless glitter, and animations. Enjoy the extra speed of those CPU cycles that were wasted on the [[GUI?]]. Say goodbye (and good riddance) to the rodent and welcome the ultimate interface to your computer...

ratpoison

Slogans

• Say good-bye to the rodent.
• The One True Window Manager (tied with StumpWM?).
• There can be only ONE.
• GNU Screen to the power of X.
• All the resolution, without the [[GUI?]] mess.
• Fulfill X's true purpose: higher text resolution.
• Reality: what a great theme for a window manager.
• Not tested on/with mice.
• Stop animal abuse; free your rodent.
• Mickey Mouse's for kiddies

Research

Rodents kill. And there is scientific research to prove it. Ever hear of the bubonic plague? I mean, honestly!

Seriously, using pointing devices can cause injury in several ways:

• wrist and finger RSI
• back and shoulder problems
• or even AIDS (just kidding ;)