Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!rochester!kodak!elmgate!jeh From: jeh@elmgate.UUCP (Ed J Hanway CUST) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Mouse buttons (and Boing! Mouse.) Summary: In defense of the optical mouse. Message-ID: <1103@elmgate.UUCP> Date: 8 Jul 89 00:13:44 GMT References: <8907031413.AA11261@jade.berkeley.edu> <1713@ucqais.uc.edu> <7593@cs.Buffalo.EDU> <7213@cbmvax.UUCP> <446@gtss.gatech.edu> <7235@cbmvax.UUCP> <447@gtss.gatech.edu> Reply-To: jeh@elmgate.UUCP (Ed J Hanway CUST) Organization: Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY Lines: 38 In article <447@gtss.gatech.edu> chas@gtss.gatech.edu (Charles Cleveland) writes: >[Let me also say that my following statements are based on experience with >a Sun and a AT with a Mouse Systems mouse. I had thought that all optical >mice would behave the same way on all systems but it now occurs to me that >the drivers on the Sun and the AT were specifically written for an optical >mouse while the driver on the Amiga was written for a balled mouse but >can be used with an optical one. Can anyone with access to both look for >differences or see how the signals from an optical mouse could be used >to make it less sensitive to orientation?] Written for one kind of mouse? Say what? I have a Mouse Systems M3 on my Amiga and it sends the same quadrature signals that the old "ball" mouse did. >Note again that this is on a Sun. I believe my wife's mouse on her AT behaves >the same way though I have used it far less, and haven't performed any >experiments with it. Unless it's really wierd, a mouse can only SEND signals to the computer, so its behavior should be the same on any system it is connected to. I can back that up with experience on my Amiga and a Sun. Yeah, if you rotate an optical mouse 90 degrees, funny stuff will happen, but I've found mine very forgiving, and I never find myself consciously straightening the mouse. I'll admit an optical mouse has a DIFFERENT feel, but it's one which I adapted to quickly. Eliminating the squeaky ball was reason enough! > >-- >"Our vision is to speed up time, eventually eliminating it." -- Alex Schure > >Charles Cleveland Georgia Tech School of Physics Atlanta, GA 30332-0430 >UUCP: ...!gatech!gtss!chas INTERNET: chas@gtss.gatech.edu -- Ed Hanway Eastman Kodak Company ...!rochester!kodak!elmgate!jeh #include