Hahahaha! Yes, James, I do so agree that things that light up are lovely! My Logitech is not as flash as the latest model but it works well. How was the design changed? Regards Susan
On 21 Jun 2009, at 11:17, James Fraser wrote: > > > Hello, > > --- On Sun, 6/21/09, Susan Platter <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sorry, I have no experience of the ADB one but my USB one >> did this as long as it was kept clean internally. Great fun. :) > > Ah, okay, now I get it. It's the newer, optical model that features > a glow-in-the-dark trackball: > > http://www.uk-surplus.com/images/uploads/orbit03.jpg > > Versus the older, electromechanical one from the ADB era that the OP > posted about: > > http://www.assistiveit.co.uk/images/kensington%20orbit.jpg > > The latter was the one I was familiar with. IIRC, I acquired one a > while back and played with it for a bit, but liked the pointing > device I was using at the time better. It's too bad Kensington > couldn't have introduced the glowing trackball feature earlier, as > it might have helped to keep that particular trackball on my desk > and out of the spares bin. I mean, everyone likes stuff that lights > up! :) > > Even though it didn't happen to suit my own needs at the time, the > Orbit was still a very good design compared to many of the mice/ > trackballs on offer back then. I'm glad to see that the same basic > form factor has survived to the present. > > If *only* Logitech had retained the form factor of their original > Marble. They were onto a real winner there, then they went and > *changed the design* for reasons that remain entirely unclear to me. > [sigh] > > > Best, > > James Fraser --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
