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On 19 Mar 2002 at 20:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > there's not really SO much crap inside a mouse nowadays eh ? why > > NOT make it more of a pen form factor ? HMMmmmm...??? > > > > yeah... and how about even a combination of a pda stylus and a mouse? > like, hold down a button and you can enter graffiti text with the > pen-mouse. release the button and you move the cursor with the > pen-mouse. wouldn't neccessarily replace keyboard in any way, except > when using a browser etc where only some minor text entry every now > and then is required, so it might me more comfortable to enter the > text slowly than to switch to the actual keyboard... then again, what > would a pen-shaped mouse look like so that it would be relatively easy > to grab when having to switch from keyboard? A short and light plastic stem, with a heavy bulb thing where you would normally find the point. That has a flattened base so the pen stays upright when you let go, with an optical displacement sensor to detect how it is being moved. The bulb part also has two tactile buttons, one for thumb and one for finger. It would also have a tilt sensor so you can control scroll speed with it. It would have to be wireless of course. Just a thought. Personally, I don't have a problem with mice though!
