Yeah the problem with the eraserhead is that it puts a strain on your pointer finger. I already have some tenderness on my wrist, it gets worse fast with the eraserhead.
I used the big square base Kensington too, but the I tried the Logitech TrackMan Marble FX about 5 years ago. It too has a nice big ball but your wrist is in the most comfortable position possible. It was about $70 new and it's an optical mouse, I see it on ebay now for about that same price: http://cgi.ebay.com/Logitech-TrackMan-Marble-FX_W0QQitemZ5794660645QQcategoryZ11193QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Dave On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 10:19:31PM -0700, Wade Curry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Subject: Re: laptop pointer preference (Was: Cheap Linux friendly laptop, act fast) Message ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Brian([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 01:42:41PM -0700: > [snip] > > > > Oh how I loathe the eraserhead pointer thing. Had to give a > > presentation at work on a laptop with that thing, having never used one, > > well I was reminded why I never used one. > > > > I never liked them either, but now I have a laptop provided by my > employer which has both the eraserhead, and a touch pad directly in > front of the space bar. I am as surprised as anyone to say that I > much prefer the eraserhead pointer. > > Aside from the fact that I barely have to move my hand to search for > the pointer, there is also the fact that with the touch pad, the > mouse jumps around more than I like. It most annoyingly jumps > while I'm typing and the base of my thumb, or the heel of my hand > touches the pad. > > Of course the best pointing device I have seen so far are those > Kensington trackballs. The ones that have the enormous ball in a > square base. I bought one for about $19 five years ago. Now I can > only find them listed for $99. > > Wade Curry > syntaxman > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
