[EAMiller]

This is a great point - when I was trying to articulate (to myself) why I prefer the keyboard it wasn't necessarily any speed advantage, it was more like the "flow" advantage. Your point speaks to that.

I think there's also a big difference in the amount of physical effort needed when using the mouse. With the keyboard it's easier to keep most of my arms relaxed, and when I need to switch to the mouse everything from the shoulder down has to contract into action.

[awj]

Possibly you could stand to up the sensitivity? I can accomplish most of what I need from a mouse using simple wrist rotation.

That said, I live in emacs and spend most of my day on the keyboard. Maybe I'm doing it wrong in a way that only works for limited mouse use.