From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <4BE1B737.8000504@home.se> Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 22:15:30 +0100 Message-ID: From: "Devon H. O'Dell" To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1f37bd9e-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 2010/5/6 Mathieu Lonjaret : > Hello, > > Just one comment about the vertical Evoluent mouse (I bought one a few > months ago since Russ recommended them). I also recommended it in another recent thread on mice. > It can be pretty hard to get used to it. I had to force myself to try > it several times before I could stand using it. I think the main > reason is because you apply horizontal pressure when clicking and that > can make the pointer move unvoluntarily on your part. That gets pretty > annoying when it makes you fail at your chordings and you have some > code to produce. I didn't really have this problem so much, but I run at a really low DPI. I do notice that to avoid it, I put additional pressure on my wrist, which is probably not a really great thing. > Now I'm starting to really like it; I'd say one gets past the > annoyance if you manage to keep using it for a full day without > throwing it away for another mouse. In fact I'd recommend trying it > and starting to use it on day when it's not so important to be > efficient and you can afford to loose a bit of time to it. Sounds like > common sense now, but I think it's particularly true with that mouse. I do love this mouse. --dho > Cheers, > Mathieu > >