On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anybody have a good suggestion for a mouse that is accommodating to large
> hands? Bluetooth would be good, but comfortable is more important. I can
> deal with wired. Wireless and *not* Bluetooth, though, means the mouse
> better border on a transcendent experience.
>
> I've been using the Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer for Bluetooth. It's
> right about as small as I can use and still be comfortable. However, either
> something is going wrong, or it just isn't handling the plethora of crud
> that now all sits in the 2.4GHz band. I need a replacement.
>
> I just tried the Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 8000, but the combination of
> a little smaller and ambidextrous makes it just a little uncomfortable.
> There also seems to be something screwy about its fine precision. I could
> get used to it, but I could get used to getting punched in the head, too.
> I'd rather have something better.
Didn't Doug Engelbart make a large mouse some 45 years ago?
More seriously, have you considered a moderate-size trackball? I find
that the Mouse-Trak is quite satisfactory. Probably hard to get
nowadays, There is one new industrial-grade Mouse-Trak with PS2
connector on eBay at this moment.
carl
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