Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 11:11:58 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 1100 panel-mounted mouse - how quick and
At 07:06 PM 20/02/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:59:04 -0500 >From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 1100 panel-mounted mouse - how quick and > > >> >>Actually I'd have to disagree ... just because we've used pens for so long doesn't >mean its necessarily the right way of using your muscles (notice all those pens out >there that are designed to help muscle cramps for instance). > >Try signing your name with a mouse. > >Wether it's the absolute rightest thing isn't what I meant. >What I meant is that you have spent years training those muscle groups to write, and >the others to hit baseballs or whatever. You write with a pen yes and you've trained those muscles to write yes (having said that just because you've trained them doesn't mean its good ... refer the number of people who get wrist and finger problems from too much writing). The problem is the actions in moving a mouse pointer differ greatly to those used in moving a computer pointer in normal use. Besides, you use a pen on a (largely) horizontal surface. A touchscreen is closer to vertical ... no wrist support. Notice why lightpens don't exist anymore ... you use a tablet horizontally but a lightpen vertically. Plus you can't press down on with any great firmness a touchscreen nor can you rest your wrist close to where your pen is, when you can on paper or on a tablet (inductive pickup tablet that is), that also leads to muscle stress problems. Note that if you were doing 'freehand' graphical design then a tablet is wonderful and if you were using an info kiosk (where the number of pointer interactions is perhaps limited to a few tens) then a touchscreen is wonderful. I guess its a case of horses for courses ... - 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 **************************************************************
