Fun_People Archive
15 Jul
"One-handed" -- for what *exactly* are we surfing, here?

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 96 12:18:43 -0700
To: Fun_People
Subject: "One-handed" -- for what *exactly* are we surfing, here?

Forwarded-by: Keith Bostic <bostic@bsdi.com>
Forwarded-by: guy@netapp.com (Guy Harris)

 From an article in the July 8, 1996 *Microprocessor Report*, on a company
called Teknema, who are selling a design for a small "Internet appliance"
board (CPU+memory+network interface+TV output), in a paragraph talking
about the notion of home boxes that plug into your TV and turn it into a
display for an Internet Web-browsing appliance:

	In the case of a home unit connected to a television and used
	one-handed with a simple remote control, the opportunities for
	advertising are great...

© 1996 Peter Langston