[9fans] Re: Mouse advice for Acme

[TheAbysmal <d.clark@bluebottle.com>]

On Feb 28, 6:50 am, rodrigo.c.mira...@gmail.com (Rodrigo Miranda)
wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I got tired of getting mymouseto be a good citizen when using Acme
> (both Plan 9 and ACME-SAC on OS X), it is not really working. The
> problem is that itsmousewheel is a pain to use as a button, and this
> makes chording and middle-button use very annoying.
>
> So I would like to get me a newmouse, and I would like your advice:
>
> - It has to work on Mac OS X
> - It has to be optical (preferrably laser) based tracking
> - It has to have a USB or (preferrably) radio interface (bluetooth
> would be great).
> - It has to be a useable scrolling wheel
> - All buttons must be clicked confortably (if the wheel is one of the
> buttons it would be nice for it not to scroll when one is trying to
> click).
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rodrigo

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.