From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Aug 4 17: 8:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from sand2.global.net.uk (sand2.global.net.uk [195.147.246.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22D7614F73 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 1999 17:08:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from pafs07a06.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.215.176] helo=marder-1.) by sand2.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 11CB4w-00000O-00; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 01:08:14 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id BAA01193; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 01:02:11 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 01:02:11 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: dannyman Cc: Phil Regnauld , Terry Lambert , "Stephen C. Fuqua" , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, sfuqua@nothing.nas.nasa.gov Subject: Re: FreeBSD cures RSI Message-ID: <19990805010211.B1109@marder-1> References: <199908021642.JAA23730@nothing.nas.nasa.gov> <199908022257.PAA12288@usr08.primenet.com> <19990803094810.A267@marder-1> <19990803122316.07266@ns.int.ftf.net> <19990804170107.C5793@stumpy.dannyland.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <19990804170107.C5793@stumpy.dannyland.org>; from dannyman on Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 05:01:07PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 05:01:07PM -0700, dannyman wrote: > On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 12:23:16PM +0200, Phil Regnauld wrote: > > Mark Ovens writes: > [...] > > > > FWIW, we used to call this "Sun Mouse Syndrome" back before we had > > > > thousands of people giving it mass-media names like "RSI". > > > > > > Why specifically Sun? > > > > Because Sun shipped optical mice with their workstations very early > > on, way before the others did ? > > and those optical mice sucked really bad. you had to move them the right way > on the little silver grid, I like them, still use one at work although the newer ones aren't as sensitive to direction on the optical mat (which is just as well coz I use mine left-handed with right-handed buttons so tend to use it at ~30degrees to the edge of the mat) > and in the sticky lab environment i used them at, > this meant pretty much holding the mouse from above and guiding it along on > each edge with my fingers, carefully clicking where needed ... AUGH! > > thanks for bringing back some nasty memories! :p > > -d > > -- > dannyman - http://www.dannyland.org/~dannyman/ > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:markov@globalnet.co.uk http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message