Which do you use more often your enter key or your mouse?

United States
January 10, 2008 6:56pm CST
I seldom use the enter key on my keyboard and have started thinking that it's the lazy way of doing it! It just seems easier to use the mouse because once I click on enter I'm probably going to have to use the mouse to get where I want to go anyway so my hand is already on it. Do you use your mouse more often than the enter key on your keyboard? Is it different if you have a lap top?
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
11 Jan 08
I used to use my mouse exclusively, ctry, but recently I have started using the enter key much more. I think navigation using a laptop is a lot different than a desktop pc. For one thing, I could play games much faster using a desktop. It's not nearly as fast when you don't have an actual mouse.
• United States
11 Jan 08
So, I take it you use a laptop. I tried one once and couldn't get used to it. Give me a good ol' mouse any day!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
11 Jan 08
With a USB connecotor you can use a mouse on a laptop. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
11 Jan 08
I use my keyboard more than the mouse. There are so many shortcuts that cut time down using the keys. I don't nor have ever had a laptop so I have no idea really. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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• United States
21 Jan 08
To be honest I don't even know the shortcuts on my keyboard! I would have to find out where they are written and start learning them and I'm not about to do that. I've been doing it this way far to long to change now...lol...
@amitavroy (4819)
• India
31 Jan 08
well it depends on the software that i am using but when it comes to web surfing and also to enter uername and password you can rely on enter button. it is so dam fast that i dont fee like taking the mouse so much and then hit the enter button
• India
5 Feb 08
i use enter key frequently when i am typing something, but when i am browsing something than i prefer mouse over keyboard.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
11 Jan 08
I use my mouse more often, though I do use my enter key a lot too. I don't use my laptop very often, as I prefer my desktop, but when I do I probably use enter more as it is easier for me to do so. I haven't gotten used to using it's built in mouse, so I do it this way instead.
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@luvstochat (6907)
• United States
11 Jan 08
I have a desk top computer and I use my enter key more often than I do the mouse to enter things I think I will have to pay more attention and see what I use more for sure.
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@Stiletto (4579)
11 Jan 08
I use my mouse all the time but then I have a desktop pc. Having said that, when I did have a laptop I still used a mouse! I hate those touch pads on laptops, using them just feels so awkward to me. If something went wrong with my mouse I have no idea what to do - the control keys on the keyboard are an unexplored mystery to me I'm afraid.
@emmanola (482)
20 Jan 08
I use both the enter key and the mouse. I, however, tend to use th mouse more. I think it is important for one not to be over dependent on the mouse. The reason is that one cannot just stop using the computer if one's mouse is malfunctioning. Moreover, one may bave to do some urgent work on one's computer sometimes. In that case what would one do if one discovers that the mouse is not functioning properly? I therefore recommend that one should learn to use both the mouse and the enter key to fully appreciate one's computer. In fact one should not just learn to use the enter key but also all the other keys on the key board, I mean: F1, F2, ctrl, shift key, backspace, home, end, etc.
@zeloguy (4911)
• United States
27 Jan 08
US Keyboard - US Keyboard layout
If I don't have to take my hands off the keyboard I don't. One of the reasons I love laptop computers. Because it takes time to go from mouse to keyboard and back I try to use the mouse as little as possible.
• United States
12 Jan 08
My laptop doesn't have a mouse so I use the enter key.I didn't learn on a computer with a mouse.
@dfinster (3528)
• United States
11 Jan 08
I use my mouse a lot more than I use the enter key. My hand just naturally goes there without thinking about it. I know the enter key is faster, but I just don't seem to use it for anything. I always wondered how that works with a laptop too.
@cbakhru (25)
• United States
19 Jan 08
I use the keyboard for everything on the computer. I have no choice as I am blind and can't use the mouse, LOL.