From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jan 5 14:38:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from cage.tse-online.de (cage.tse-online.de [194.97.69.170]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A807F154B3 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 14:38:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ab@cage.tse-online.de) Received: (qmail 52933 invoked by uid 1000); 5 Jan 2000 22:38:54 -0000 Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 23:38:54 +0100 From: Andreas Braukmann To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (OT?) best mouse for Intel box? Message-ID: <20000105233854.G51040@cage.tse-online.de> References: <3.0.3.32.20000104002546.0143b730@207.227.119.2> <200001050154.SAA08649@freeway.dcfinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200001050154.SAA08649@freeway.dcfinc.com>; from chad@DCFinc.com on Tue, Jan 04, 2000 at 06:54:21PM -0700 Organization: TSE GmbH - Neue Medien Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, On Tue, Jan 04, 2000 at 06:54:21PM -0700, Chad R. Larson wrote: > I've got a lot of miles (and a couple of years) on a Kensington > "Expert Mouse", which is a trackball. I just have to second this. 'Really good' trackballs are quite wonderfull devices. I don't know the Kensington models, but I use various ITAC mouse-traks for more than 5 years now. I'm more than satisfied with them. They are expensive, ... but my 5 year old serial version of the Mouse-Trak Professional works and feels like brand new. > The ball is about the heft and size of a cue ball off your pool table. All models are featuring balls like this. > My old version has two buttons; the current ones have four, I believe. The Mouse-Trak Personal/Professional has three (configurable) buttons, the 'Evolution' has 6(sic!) buttons. Three on the left and three on the right site of the 'big ball'. I have it configured like this (for right-hand use): The buttons on the right are regulary pressed by the thumb, with the thumb resting on the 'second' one. - first button : programmed to switch between linear speed and 'ballistic' acceleration. - second button: 'left button' / 'button 1' - third button: programmed to 'left button' double-click The buttons on the right side: - sixth button: since the 'little finger' usually rests on it, this button serves as a regular 'right button' / 'button 3' - fifth button: the ring finger rests on it. => 'middle button' / 'button 2' - fourth button: mostly used with the middle finger, it's programmed to 'click and hold' Have a look at http://www.mousetrak.com/ -Andreas -- : Anti-Spam Petition: http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ : : PGP-Key: http://www.tse-online.de/~ab/public-key : : Key fingerprint: 12 13 EF BC 22 DD F4 B6 3C 25 C9 06 DC D3 45 9B : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message