Douglas C. Engelbart, Inventor of the Computer Mouse, Dies at 88

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/t...er-mouse-dies-at-88.html?ref=technology&_r=1&

 

Computing pioneer and GUI inventor Doug Engelbart dies at 88.

http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/03/computing-pioneer-and-gui-inventor-doug-engelbart-dies-at-88/

See also Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Engelbart

 

My man

He sealed for himself a nice legacy that will March on.

 

R.I.P Doug Engelbart

 

R.I.P Sir Engelbart. He should be proud over this invention knowing that we still use them today, tomorrow.....

 

Will it endure? Don't get me wrong; I love the mouse and I'd like to continue using it for the foreseeable future. But, there seems to be a push to mobile and all-in-one devices that marginalize the mouse or even eliminate it in favor of a touchscreen. Quite a few people that use laptops exclusively rely on a touchpad instead.

While the mouse may not disappear, it may go the way of the trackball, becoming a niche peripheral - at least for home users. Maybe gamers will keep it alive, as there is still nothing better for aiming in a FPS.