From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:22:26 +0000 From: Elliott Hughes Message-ID: <39cf5c11@news.core.genedata.com> References: <20000925124428.85DFB19A0F@mail>, <39CF4E0D.85D86A7A@FWS.Gov> Subject: Re: [9fans] Re 2 button mouse + Inferno Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0d81131e-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 "Mark C. Otto" wrote in message news:39CF4E0D.85D86A7A@FWS.Gov... > I also wonder if much of the discontent with the mouse has to do with the > ubiquitous Microsoft keyboards that require one's right hand to move some 35cm > to get to the mouse. i like chording too, for the reason forsyth mentioned. there's no discontent with the mouse from my quarter, but i haven't forgotten my keyboard either. i see no reason to deny myself the use of one channel because i can get by with another. to insist that one uses the mouse and the mouse only is every bit as silly as insisting that one uses the keyboard and the keyboard only. > I would think a keyboard without the cursor and numeric > pads would be as important and the 3-button mouse. i have my 'Happy Hacker' right here before me, sans inverted-T, sans numeric keypad. it's a really nice keyboard too, which is more important. see the unfortunately named website http://www.pfuca.com/ for more details. (there's no USB model as yet.) - e