Re: [9fans] Some questions

[Martin C.Atkins <martin@parvat.com>]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:52:42 -0500 jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote:
> On Wed Jan 28 09:01:40 EST 2004, boyd@insultant.net wrote:
>...
> > now if i could just get a depraz mouse ...
> On Mon Sep 24 18:40:32 EDT 2001, jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote:
> > I'm afraid you'd be disappointed if you used a Depraz mouse today.
>...
> >
> > On Mon Sep 24 18:30:33 EDT 2001, boyd@fr.inter.net wrote:
> > > gimme a 5620 keyboard and a dupraz (sp?) mouse anyday.

Having downloaded:
	http://www.billbuxton.com/input06.ChordKeyboards.pdf
I see that the Depraz mouse is indeed what I thought it was. I think
I used one on a Whitechapel workstation (anyone remember them! :-),
way back.

I thought that the idea, while attractive and initially very
comfortable, was flawed because it forced you to use whole arm
movements (keeping the wrist off the table), rather than wrist and
finger movements with the arm/wrist resting on the table.
Consequently I found it much more tiring to use than a 'normal'
mouse, and also much more difficult to position precisely.

Was others' experience more positive?

Martin

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