From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Dec 10 09:18:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA16939 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 09:18:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from orcrist.mediacity.com (orcrist.mediacity.com [208.138.36.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA16918 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 09:17:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gsutter@orcrist.mediacity.com) Received: (from gsutter@localhost) by orcrist.mediacity.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA16151; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 09:17:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gsutter) Message-ID: <19981210091748.B15933@orcrist.mediacity.com> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 09:17:48 -0800 From: Gregory Sutter To: Andreas Braukmann Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mousen References: <199812100038.QAA00745@pinhead.parag.codegen.com> <19981210093148.C64429@paert.tse-online.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19981210093148.C64429@paert.tse-online.de>; from Andreas Braukmann on Thu, Dec 10, 1998 at 09:31:48AM +0100 Organization: Zer0 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Dec 10, 1998 at 09:31:48AM +0100, Andreas Braukmann wrote: > > The itac products are more than rock solid. My first 'mousetrak professional' > is still in action and shows its age in no way. > > > > I don't care for. The Marble FX design positions the ball to be used > > > between the thumb and finger, and has 4 buttons on it. The one I got > ^^^^^^^^^ slightly better Actually, the primary means of pointing is with the fingers. I feel comfortable with either the first two or the first three fingers of my hand on the ball. However, when really precise motion is needed, you can move your thumb slightly and have the ability to grip the trackball between thumb and fingers. It's really easy to move the cursor a single pixel this way. http://www.logitech.com/Mice+Trackballs/TrackManMarbleFX.html Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter Madness takes its toll. mailto:gsutter@pobox.com Please have exact change. http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/ PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message