a small but vital invention

Now I realize why the indexing is going so amazingly fast this time compared with the past… the simple ability to scroll with two fingers on the track pad rather than having to move the cursor to the bar on the right of the screen and click and hold to navigate around the index-in-progress. It allows you to zip around the page just as easily as you’d move something around the desk with your hand.

Come to think of it, I’ve been subconsciously noticing the importance of that little feature recently– every time I’m on an older computer that doesn’t have it. A certain inarticulate frustration builds up while using those computers, and now I know why.

In any case, that little gimmick is saving me hours this time. Looks like there should only be around 3:45 remaining; there may be a bit of real weekend in Cairo after all.