Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:39:24 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 1100 panel-mounted mouse - how quick and accurate?
In a message dated 2/20/2002 9:19:30 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > How quick and accurate can the Lib 1100 mouse be used: > - (critical for mobile use) Is it quick enough to select menues, while you > hold the Libretto 1100 in one hand? > - (essential for use at all) Is the Lib 1100 panel-mounted mouse very much > better than an ordinary trackpin/trackpoint? I tried to use a trackpin to > make flow chart sketches, but it drove me crazy. > - Can I make flow chart sketches with the mouse almost as easy as I can do > on a touchscreen (depends on experience with touchscreens and flow charts)? > > I would like to hear from a lot of you all about your experiences with the > panel-mounted mouse before I can decide to purchase a Libretto 1100. > > Bernhard Bernhard, After looking at some photos of the 1100 on the Amherst site, it appears to have the same, or similar, Accupoint mouse as found on my lowly L100CT and the other <L110CT Libs. While there is a learning, or more accurately, a motor-skill curve associated with the use of these mice (mouses?), with use they become quite familiar. To attempt to answer your questions: - Yes, the Accupoint can be manipulated fast and precisely enough to negotiate menus while running one-handed. - If, by track-point, you mean those eraser-tip deals imbedded in the keyboard, IMO the Accupoint is far superior. - The Accupoint would be adequate for the flow-charting software I've used, but not for free-hand sketching, at least in my hands :-) I would not attempt to do CAD work on the Lib (for lots of reasons, but the mouse among them) but this, and free-hand work, are about the only limits. Keep in mind that the Accupoint is not as easily manipulated or precise as a good-quality standard mouse, but it is an excellent compromise. Good luck with your search. Lee ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
