tantly created, and programs could be executed and deleted quickly. The mouse incorporated with the graphical operating systems greatly simplified computers to the extent that without formal training, most people could operate programs on a computer. Operating systems of this type, however, were not developed or widely used until the mid 1980s. Until that time the mouse had to rely on mediocre software and computer support until it had its breakthrough in GUIs. Since it was invented the mouse has had a predominant effect on society and the computer industry. Directly, the mouse has shaped the computer industry in such a way that, as mentioned before, almost anyone can easily use computers and programs. The mouse was also a key component in the production of GUIs. Without the mouse, a GUI operating system would be almost as hard to navigate as a text based operating system and therefore pointless. Indirectly, the mouse has had vast effects with the most prominent ones being the programming of games and the use and construction of the Internet. But either directly or indirectly the mouse has caused an economic boom in the computer industry. The direct effects of the mouse have been very important to the computer industry. The mouse is one of the base components to GUI operating systems, which are the systems most home computers and many network computers use today. These "user-friendly" are one of the reasons the computer industry has grown to its current wealth. With these easy interfaces, home users are more inclined to purchase a computer to take over some of the more tedious tasks of everyday life from document editing, to checkbook balancing, to timekeeping. These new graphical interfaces allowed people of every kind to do things that used to be available only to a more advanced computer user. The indirect effects of the mouse are countless. I selected a few of the newest and most influential concepts. The use of the ...
