Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-10-07 Thread Kurt Gnos
This is bullshit. I have a wireless network and a logitec wireless mouse, which I had before WLAN. And there is no difference! At 19:48 24.08.2004, you wrote: Do you have a wireless network? If so, the batteries run out much, much more quickly. And it doesn't even have to be *your* wireless

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-26 Thread dhbailey
Howard Begun wrote: David Bailey wrote: Are there any Windows users with wireless networks on this list who also use cordless keyboards and/or mice? I am very interested in it, but not if it eats batteries every few hours. I use an MS Wireless Desktop Elite which includes an Intellimouse

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-25 Thread Howard Begun
David Bailey wrote: Are there any Windows users with wireless networks on this list who also use cordless keyboards and/or mice? I am very interested in it, but not if it eats batteries every few hours. I use an MS Wireless Desktop Elite which includes an Intellimouse Explorer 2.0. I have

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 24 Aug 2004 at 14:30, Christopher Smith wrote: On Aug 24, 2004, at 1:48 PM, David W. Fenton wrote about wireless mouses: Do you have a wireless network? If so, the batteries run out much, much more quickly. And it doesn't even have to be *your* wireless network -- any WiFi network

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-24 Thread Darcy James Argue
Actually what it sounds like is that the Windows Bluetooth implementation is really, really lousy. I have an Apple wireless keyboard and mouse (both Bluetooth), and the batteries last for months. Plus, the OS warns you when the batteries are getting low, well in advance of any performance

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-24 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 24 Aug 2004, at 02:59 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 24 Aug 2004 at 14:52, Darcy James Argue wrote: Actually what it sounds like is that the Windows Bluetooth implementation is really, really lousy. What the hell does Bluetooth have to do with it? Neither WiFi or the MS cordless mouse run on

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-23 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:57:23 -0400, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One is a Logitech cordless optical mouse; the one I got is the Click Plus. Left and right main buttons, two thumb buttons, a scroll wheel that clicks too, and a smaller centre button, all assignable. Quite a change

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-23 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: On 21 Aug 2004 at 18:57, Christopher Smith wrote: One is a Logitech cordless optical mouse Wait until the batteries start to run out. Which should be about two hours after you hook it up. More specifically: none of my clients have kept used a cordless mouse for very long,

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-23 Thread David W. Fenton
On 23 Aug 2004 at 18:56, Christopher Smith wrote: On Aug 23, 2004, at 5:03 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 21 Aug 2004 at 18:57, Christopher Smith wrote: One is a Logitech cordless optical mouse Wait until the batteries start to run out. Which should be about two hours after you

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-23 Thread Giz Bowe
At 05:03 PM 8/23/04, you wrote: On 21 Aug 2004 at 18:57, Christopher Smith wrote: One is a Logitech cordless optical mouse Wait until the batteries start to run out. Which should be about two hours after you hook it up. More specifically: none of my clients have kept used a cordless mouse for

[Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-21 Thread Christopher Smith
Ladies and gents of the list, I just went out and splurged on two things I thought might help productivity, and I am so happy I am squirming in my seat like my nine-year-old son! I know this is not really Finale material, though this stuff really does help my Finale work. One is a Logitech