Re: Hey Gran!
And yet sewing machine foot pedals made in the 1980s do look like big beige mice! And a beige PC case is roughly the same size as a beige sewing machine.
There's possibly a deeper lesson about user experience here, specifically Information Ergonomics, muscle memory and Alzheimer's.
Why would the foot pedal be in the desk at the start of the session? Some mothers would pick up the pedal to stop toddlers sitting on it.
The other possibility was that the old lady knew exactly what she was doing and just reckoned that winding up the computer guy was a splendid bit of sport!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
