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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:52:10 +0000
From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] The Misused Mouse
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Paul Lalonde wrote:
> I'm just annoyed at the repeated fallacy that a pointing tablet &
> stylus is better than the mouse.  That's only true if the display is
> the tablet - absolute position interfaces are very awkward to
> navigate with when you're not looking at them.

You can say exactly the same thing about the mouse!
The obvious solution is to drive a cursor.  In the PEAC
product (calligraphic vector display and tablet) we used
full-screen crosshairs (low intensity) and it worked great.
If you have ever tried to draw with a mouse and with a
tablet, assuming good software, you'll have found that the
tablet is better for fine detail.