One more post about religious wars - this time about Keyboards versus Mice. Peter Provost agrees with me. The keyboard is the way to go. I know the keyboard shortcut for just about everything I do in VS.NET. And if it doesn't have a keyboard shortcut, I'll make one. For example I undock all of my windows, and use the keyboard commands to show them. The Pending Checkins window doesn't have a command, so I mapped it - Ctrl-P, Ctrl-C (Pending Checkins - makes sense to me!).

I use a laptop, and having the little ball on my keyboard to move the most means I can still use the mouse without my hands leaving the keyboard, but I still don't use it. And I never connect an external mouse to it!

Don't agree with a complete keyboard solution? Peter points to aboutonehandtyping.com, which is a site dedicated to typing one handed, so you can always keep your hand on the mouse. I guess some people are just as passionate about using the mouse as I am about not using it!