2006-08-16 01:16:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
maybe because its cord looks like the mouses tail
2006-08-16 01:21:36 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the original name "the x-y position indicator for display" did not work for people. The early "mouse" was backwards, with the buttons at one end at the cable coming off the other, and the button "stuck up" like ears. So it looked more "mouse" like then the design normally used today.
2006-08-16 08:23:04 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have wondered that for a long time, too. Maybe because it sorta looks like one, with its mouse-shaped body and its massive 'tail'.
Anyone know?
2006-08-16 08:22:08 · answer #3 · answered by DL XD 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System" is a rubbish name!
2006-08-16 08:22:23 · answer #4 · answered by AnalProgrammer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the body is a small oblong shape and it has a tail
2006-08-16 08:21:22 · answer #5 · answered by Ria L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋