Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:10:14 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 1100 panel-mounted mouse - how quick and accurate?
At 09:46 AM 20/02/2002 -0800, you wrote: >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 :-) Just so there's no terminology clash ... accupoint and trackpoint are the same thing ... Toshiba calls it an accupoint, IBM calls it a trackpoint. They both refer to those eraser things be it in the keyboard, beside the screen or in a separate unit (eg. the HandyKey Twiddler). - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
