Re: Requesting a trackball recomendation

2001-12-10 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 09:03:19PM +, Phillip Deackes wrote: > I use the Logitech Trackman Marble FX. It is an optical trackerball and as > such it is very easy to keep clean. The large ball just pushes out and > accumulated fluff etc. can be blown away. I swear by the standard Trackman Marble

Re: Requesting a trackball recomendation

2001-12-10 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Sunday, December 9, omphe did write: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Can anyone recomment a three button trackball with a ps2 connector > > > that is supported by linus? (Preferably an optical trackball) Sorry for the nested attributions; missed the original post. A few months ago, I

Re: Requesting a trackball recomendation

2001-12-09 Thread Jeffrey W. Baker
On Sun, 2001-12-09 at 15:56, Christopher S. Swingley wrote: > John, > > > I'm curious, > > > > What is a trackball good for? > > > > why would I want one over a normal mouse? > > I find them a lot more comfortable to use all day long because you > don't wind up moving your arm and wrist around

Re: Requesting a trackball recomendation

2001-12-09 Thread Michel Loos
On Sun, 2001-12-09 at 21:56, Christopher S. Swingley wrote: > John, > > > I'm curious, > > > > What is a trackball good for? > > > > why would I want one over a normal mouse? > Some other advantages of a trackball: When your working place is full of papers etc. 1) You only need the place for t

Re: Requesting a trackball recomendation

2001-12-09 Thread Rachel Andrew
What is a trackball good for? why would I want one over a normal mouse? I use a Logitech trackball because a few years ago I had my right hand crushed and if I use a mouse, after a couple of hours I suffer excruiating RSI type pain. Using the trackball I have no pain at all, so that's my

Re: Requesting a trackball recomendation

2001-12-09 Thread Christopher S. Swingley
John, > I'm curious, > > What is a trackball good for? > > why would I want one over a normal mouse? I find them a lot more comfortable to use all day long because you don't wind up moving your arm and wrist around on the table like you do with a mouse. Your hand stays stationary on the trackb

Re: Requesting a trackball recomendation

2001-12-09 Thread John Griffiths
> Ditto. The great big trackball is comfy and incredibly accurate. My debian > installation worked with it from the get-go. I've never had use for all > the buttons, but I could see it fitting into a network gamer's arsenal quite > nicely. With four buttons, you'd be fragging to your heart's

Re: Requesting a trackball recomendation

2001-12-09 Thread omphe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Can anyone recomment a three button trackball with a ps2 connector that > is > > supported by linus? (Preferably an optical trackball) > > Hi Emmet. > > I use the Logitech Trackman Marble FX Ditto. The great big trackball is comfy and incredibly accurate. My debian

Re: Requesting a trackball recomendation

2001-12-09 Thread Phillip Deackes
On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 15:41:14 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can anyone recomment a three button trackball with a ps2 connector that is > supported by linus? (Preferably an optical trackball) Hi Emmet. I use the Logitech Trackman Marble FX. It is an optical trackerball and as such it is very easy