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Although it's pretty ancient as a device in a computer time scale, the keyboard is still the most reliable choice.
Mastering it and all the application's shortcuts is much faster than touchscreen or any other option that I know and actually works.
Avoiding taking the hands out of the keyboard (specially towards a mouse) should be a best practice to improve productivity.
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AlexCode wrote: Mastering it
As with most things; if you want the most out of your tool..
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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True if the option really lets you go far.
Some options, even when you master them, won't let you go too far.
At the end it all sums up to what you need. There's no one size fits all.
Too advanced has always been counterproductive to the ones that require less.
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I just had to put it in there, sorry.
"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence."
<< please vote!! >>
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Even my new posh work ultrabook gets a mouse attached to it despite its fancy touchscreen(touch it and I'll break your fingers), touch-pad and keyboard nipple!
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I'd like it to know what I would want and just do it perfectly without me interacting with it at all or even thinking about it. That's not asking for much, is it?
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Well predictive technology is improving quite a lot.
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I refuse to spend my time tenderly stroking tiny smeared screens.
I would have liked to throw the keyboard out the window when I got my first mouse. Too bad that the keyboard was part of the Atari ST.
Voice? Tried that long ago and felt like an idiot who is talking to himself.
Motions? Next I will dancing around the computer with a mask and two rattles.
How about a hexadecimal keypad? That's all i need.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
I hold an A-7 computer expert classification, Commodore. I'm well acquainted with Dr. Daystrom's theories and discoveries. The basic design of all our ship's computers are JavaScript.
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The long way. I suppose this means keyboard/mouse (touch screens are really just mouse input, and sometimes a pop-up keyboard.
Speech, motion detection, motion/intent, etc., are too fast for me. Typically, technology moves ahead of any philosophical thought about the damages it may do to us as humans and, more importantly, what it does to permanently damage the environment that supports us.
It is simply better to have to think about what you do interactively than to allow your body or brain to get ahead of you physically and obligatorily - leaping before you look, so to speak.
Computing machines do psychological damage, creating the illusion that we must hurry up or be left out, when being left out may be the best solution.
And yes. I'm old. But I have plenty of knowledge, which is usually spoon fed in school. Wisdom, on the other hand, is what we learn from the pain in our lives, and I've plenty of this, too. This response is based on wisdom, not knowledge. Too few of us remember this one primary consideration in our daily lives.
RWallace
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That's the ultimate input "device" for boring tasks... 
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This could work with coding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbHygyExIIk[^] since the programming syntax is way smaller than English vocabulary.
Could even leave the speech synthesizer on. So the boss knows you are working 
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I doubt that they ever will get the bugs worked out of my brain. in contrary to whatever my wife has to say those bugs are all features. 
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Just imagine the compatibility issues...
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Life was so much simpler before Windows came along ang ruined many a carpal tunnel.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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My boss will know immediately when I doze off at work. At least now my screen shows production tools.
And everyone would know when I'm thinking about the hot intern or secretary...
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He can know already...just has to track how long your screen saver runs...
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Just disable the screensaver then.
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I don't use them myself...screens don't need saving
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Don't worry. He'll know when everyone else is as well. Just because you're only party to the inside of your own head doesn't mean everyone else's isn't equally atrocious :p
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Should be all the interface any man will ever need or want for the foreseeable future. If it squeals with pleasure when I [Enter] it will be perfect.
Will Rogers never met me.
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so.... what would be the equivalent of 'Control-Alt-Delete'?
[runs and ducks for cover]
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Ever heard of a Ginsu Knife? 
Will Rogers never met me.
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The inside of Roger's head: decorating by Bob Guccione.
Software Zen: delete this;
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