From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <20080524161806.B1B3B1E8C56@holo.morphisms.net> <5339c545ab101671638d533f0ddc5998@smgl.fr.eu.org> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 05:59:16 -0800 Message-ID: <3e1162e61001060559y6a118e5qeac89b7e4437990b@mail.gmail.com> From: David Leimbach To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd7227a315878047c7f5cc6 Subject: Re: [9fans] evoluent mouse review Topicbox-Message-UUID: b7fed086-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --000e0cd7227a315878047c7f5cc6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Russ Cox wrote: > > I am planning to play with an Apple Magic Mouse > > using Paul Lalonde's patch (soon to be in p9p). > > Paul's code is now in p9p. Because the code can read > where your finger is on the mouse when you click, it can > pretend there are three different buttons when in fact > there's just one. Chording works too, and it's all very natural. > It's quite elegant actually. Kudos to Paul. I hope that the > code will let one use the new clickable laptop trackpads as > 3-button mice too, but I haven't tried that. > In fact it has made the trackpad unusable for me as I can't highlight anything with a click of any kind at this point. Now if you have a mac multi-touch laptop, you're going to have get an external mouse. > > However, if you have any tendency toward repetitive strain injuries, > you might want to avoid the Magic Mouse: not being able to touch > the mouse with the non-clicking fingers means a less relaxing grip, > especially when pretending its tiny surface has three buttons. > After maybe four hours of use, my wrist had started to hurt. > > (I had a bad desk twelve years ago that hurt my wrists, and > now they're sensitive to this kind of thing. But I'm not the only > one - http://boingboing.net/2009/12/03/magic-mouse.html - and > presumably that guy wasn't using 3 buttons or chording.) > > Back to the Evoluents for me. > I'm back to using trackballs :-) . And I guess I either have to fix this problem with the trackpad myself or wait for a fix or use an external pointing device. Dave > > Russ > > --000e0cd7227a315878047c7f5cc6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Russ Cox= <rsc@swtch.com&g= t; wrote:
> I am planning to play with an Apple Magic Mouse
> using Paul Lalonde's patch (soon to be in p9p).

Paul's code is now in p9p. =A0Because the code can read
where your finger is on the mouse when you click, it can
pretend there are three different buttons when in fact
there's just one. =A0Chording works too, and it's all very natural.=
It's quite elegant actually. =A0Kudos to Paul. =A0I hope that the
code will let one use the new clickable laptop trackpads as
3-button mice too, but I haven't tried that.

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In fact it has made the trackpad unusable for me as I can't h= ighlight anything with a click of any kind at this point. =A0Now if you hav= e a mac multi-touch laptop, you're going to have get an external mouse.=
=A0

However, if you have any tendency toward repetitive strain injuries,
you might want to avoid the Magic Mouse: not being able to touch
the mouse with the non-clicking fingers means a less relaxing grip,
especially when pretending its tiny surface has three buttons.
After maybe four hours of use, my wrist had started to hurt.

(I had a bad desk twelve years ago that hurt my wrists, and
now they're sensitive to this kind of thing. =A0But I'm not the onl= y
one - http://boingboing.net/2009/12/03/magic-mouse.html - and
presumably that guy wasn't using 3 buttons or chording.)

Back to the Evoluents for me.

I'm b= ack to using trackballs :-) . =A0And I guess I either have to fix this prob= lem with the trackpad myself or wait for a fix or use an external pointing = device.

Dave=A0

Russ


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