> 1. Why has the mouse remained so popular when it's clearly inferior to
just directly pointing > (even with a stylus)?  Surely the technology of the
digitizer has gotten much cheaper over >the years.  It can't be just a cost
issue anymore.

-I guess that a lot of people worked on the "onEnter" "onExit" "onMouseOver"
events... And all of these efforts turns obsolete when using the "tap" or
"tap & hold" features that works with the stylus.

IMHO: Now that the world is being handheld-dependent, there's a chance to
revert that effect.