From: Axel Belinfante <Axel.Belinfante@cs.utwente.nl>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Mouse advice for Acme
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:40:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200803161740.m2GHeNX06164@demeter.cs.utwente.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:18:15 -0400." <ee9e417a0803161018u7ff60dd4m10be6f5a82b9088b@mail.gmail.com>
> > I think I may have found the next best thing since the ScrollPoint:
> > http://www.askergoworks.com/products/1519/Evoluent-VerticalMouse---Silver-Black.aspx
> >
> > Three... no, five buttons actually, plus the wheel. Mac compatible.
> > Ergonomic.
>
> Did you buy one? Is that picture showing the left-handed
> or right-handed version of the mouse? I'm skeptical of
> the "turned sideways" idea -- if the picture shows the
> right-handed version, it looks like you'd have to put the
> mouse about 2 feet from the keyboard in order to not
> contort your wrist to use it. Maybe it's the left-handed
> version, but it would be odd to picture the less popular model.
I think it shows the right-handed version, as illustrated
by the other picture:
http://www.askergoworks.com/Images/Products/1519/1519_550_L.jpg
I guess the idea is that you hold it somewhat like a joystick.
http://www.askergoworks.com/Images/Products/1519/1519_842_L.jpg
I'd say that ScrollPoint or wheel vs. horizontal or vertical
holding ought to be orthogonal features.
Axel.
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-28 11:48 Rodrigo Miranda
2008-02-28 15:22 ` Paul Lalonde
2008-02-28 15:26 ` andrey mirtchovski
2008-02-28 16:15 ` plan9
2008-02-28 16:26 ` andrey mirtchovski
2008-02-28 16:40 ` Axel Belinfante
2008-02-28 16:54 ` plan9
2008-02-28 17:02 ` andrey mirtchovski
2008-02-28 16:57 ` Bill Gunshannon
2008-02-28 15:27 ` Charles Forsyth
2008-02-28 16:09 ` erik quanstrom
2008-02-28 16:57 ` Paul Lalonde
2008-02-28 17:12 ` Noah Diewald
2008-03-07 9:31 ` [9fans] " TheAbysmal
2008-03-16 17:18 ` [9fans] " Russ Cox
2008-03-16 17:40 ` Axel Belinfante [this message]
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