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Have you ever wondered how many key strokes and clicks we make, or how far our mouse course travels in lets say one years time?
What would you say if you were to realize that someone's mouse pointer moved so much that it could have crossed half the planet Earth if it traveled in one direction.
There are certain things about computers and computer components that very few people ever think about. But if you take a moment to think about them, you just might find some truly fascinating facts.
For example, one study suggests that you can easily travel around 100 kilometers a year with your mouse.
The same study suggests that we can easily make more than 2 million clicks in a working year, but one could imagine how that's probably nothing compared to the amount of times a hardcore gamer clicks during the course of a year.
The average for data entry in the United States is approximately 8,000 keystrokes per hour, which builds up to an average of around 16,000,000 keystrokes in a working year, or a couple million less if subtract vacation days
Apps mentioned in the video:
- IO Graph
iographica.com
- Mousotron
blacksunsoftware.com/mousotron.html
-WhatPulse
whatpulse.org
DISCLAIMER: THERE ARE A LOT OF STUDIES AND EXPERIMENTS THAT TRY TO ANSWER HOW MANY KEYSTROKES AND CLICKS PEOPLE MAKE, OR HOW MUCH DISTANCE MOUSE CURSORS CAN CROSS IN A PARTICULAR TIME SPAN. HOWEVER IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT DOSE OF BIAS, AS THE FREQUENCY OF ACTIVITIES IN QUESTION VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON. WITH THAT IN MIND, THE GOAL OF THIS VIDEO IS NOT TO GIVE ANY GENERAL AVERAGES, BUT TO SIMPLY OFFER AN IDEA OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
-Sources and references:
- WhatPulse: ''Input Rank List'' whatpulse.org/stats/input/ž
- Blacksun Software: ''Mousotron Results'' blacksunsoftware.com/mouse.php
- ''Computer Mouse Fatigue: (Getting M.A.D. with your Mouse)''
aerobicmouse.com/Computer_Mouse_Fatigue.pdf
- PC World: ''Track Your Mouse Mileage With Mousotron''
pcworld.com/article/259914/track_your_mouse_mileage_with_mousotron.html
-Questions That Need Answering: ''How far does a mouse cursor travel in a year?'' questions.daynebatten.com/2015/01/mouse-distance
- Reference.com: ''What is the average rate of data entry keystrokes per hour?'' reference.com/technology/average-rate-data-entry-keystrokes-per-hour-f65ef82e56676157
- Reference.com: ''What is an alphanumeric data entry test?''
reference.com/technology/alphanumeric-data-entry-test-77f283ca8a5c1dfc?qo=contentSimilarQuestions
- Compiled Thoughts: ''1 Year = 2.6 Million Keystrokes - A look back at my last year of typing'' compiledthoughts.com/2011/06/1-year-26-million-keystrokes.html
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Have you ever wondered how many key strokes and clicks we make, or how far our mouse course travels in lets say one years time?
What would you say if you were to realize that someone's mouse pointer moved so much that it could have crossed half the planet Earth if it traveled in one direction.
There are certain things about computers and computer components that very few people ever think about. But if you take a moment to think about them, you just might find some truly fascinating facts.
For example, one study suggests that you can easily travel around 100 kilometers a year with your mouse.
The same study suggests that we can easily make more than 2 million clicks in a working year, but one could imagine how that's probably nothing compared to the amount of times a hardcore gamer clicks during the course of a year.
The average for data entry in the United States is approximately 8,000 keystrokes per hour, which builds up to an average of around 16,000,000 keystrokes in a working year, or a couple million less if subtract vacation days
Apps mentioned in the video:
- IO Graph
iographica.com
- Mousotron
blacksunsoftware.com/mousotron.html
-WhatPulse
whatpulse.org
DISCLAIMER: THERE ARE A LOT OF STUDIES AND EXPERIMENTS THAT TRY TO ANSWER HOW MANY KEYSTROKES AND CLICKS PEOPLE MAKE, OR HOW MUCH DISTANCE MOUSE CURSORS CAN CROSS IN A PARTICULAR TIME SPAN. HOWEVER IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT DOSE OF BIAS, AS THE FREQUENCY OF ACTIVITIES IN QUESTION VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON. WITH THAT IN MIND, THE GOAL OF THIS VIDEO IS NOT TO GIVE ANY GENERAL AVERAGES, BUT TO SIMPLY OFFER AN IDEA OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
-Sources and references:
- WhatPulse: ''Input Rank List'' whatpulse.org/stats/input/ž
- Blacksun Software: ''Mousotron Results'' blacksunsoftware.com/mouse.php
- ''Computer Mouse Fatigue: (Getting M.A.D. with your Mouse)''
aerobicmouse.com/Computer_Mouse_Fatigue.pdf
- PC World: ''Track Your Mouse Mileage With Mousotron''
pcworld.com/article/259914/track_your_mouse_mileage_with_mousotron.html
-Questions That Need Answering: ''How far does a mouse cursor travel in a year?'' questions.daynebatten.com/2015/01/mouse-distance
- Reference.com: ''What is the average rate of data entry keystrokes per hour?'' reference.com/technology/average-rate-data-entry-keystrokes-per-hour-f65ef82e56676157
- Reference.com: ''What is an alphanumeric data entry test?''
reference.com/technology/alphanumeric-data-entry-test-77f283ca8a5c1dfc?qo=contentSimilarQuestions
- Compiled Thoughts: ''1 Year = 2.6 Million Keystrokes - A look back at my last year of typing'' compiledthoughts.com/2011/06/1-year-26-million-keystrokes.html
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Music: ''Tobaggan'', ''Rollin Through Osaka'', ''Young and Old Know Love'', ''North'' (YouTube Audio Library)
- Comfortable Mystery 2 - Film Noire by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100537
Artist: incompetech.com
- Frost Waltz (Alternate) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100531
Artist: incompetech.com
