On Sunday, March 7, 2004, at 01:24 AM, Glenn Schunemann wrote:
Curse ball mouses. Get optical. Much nicer. Two buttons. Scroll wheels rock. Once you get used to it you can't live without it. Never done wireless, but have seen them and they work well enough. I knew this one kid at work who got a Kensington wireless mouse for his eMac. He programmed one of the buttons to open his CD tray and was doing it from about 30 feet away. Trackballs are nice. Better for folks who have repetitive motion issues (carpal tunnel for one).
I have a (don't hurt me) MS optical wheel mouse. I liked it so much I bought one for my other computer as well. It works well. However, it seems to "slow down" occasionally and I have to unplug it from my keyboard and re-plug it in. I had this problem in 10.2.x and now in 10.3.x. Otherwise, a nice typical two button mouse with a scroll > wheel.
On Mar 5, 2004, at 9:13 PM, Bill Spencer wrote:
1) I hate the circular-shaped ones.
2) I have never used a trackball but am not *necessarily* opposed to using
one (though my family may disagree)
3) I do not have much money to spend...maybe around $20 tops.
4) I know nothing about which manufacturers to look for or look out for
5) What else should I look for or look out for?
6) Would ebay or the LEM swap list be good places to look, and if so is one
preferable?
7) Optical...is it better than the kimd My mother used to make?
8) Cordless, ditto.
I agree. After many complaints from my wife and Mom about their ball mice, I bought each of them an optical wheel mouse. They love them. I love the peace and quiet. :)
At work I use an older Logitech Marble trackball with a third button the functions as a scroll wheel when held down. Supposedly optical, but no red light on it. Has the ball with lots of black dots on it, which does wonders when it is dirty. Since I'm having to clean it out at least once a week to allow me to roll the ball around, I have succumbed and bought another optical mouse to replace it. If I develop a sore right wrist from it from coding at my day job, I'll switch back.
At home on my G3 AIO, I use a Microsoft Intellimouse optical trackball. Works great, but I haven't bothered to use MS's drivers for it - the two buttons and the scroll wheel are enough for me. The three holding points for the ball need to be cleaned about every other month. While this trackball and the current Logitech optical trackball were the same price ($30), I prefer the feel of this one.
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