Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!mamba From: mamba@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Paul A Deisinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Mouse vs Trackball! Message-ID: <612@uwm.edu> Date: 26 Oct 89 05:28:18 GMT References: <584@tau.sm.luth.se> <990@wsu-cs.uucp> <6705@pdn.paradyne.com> Sender: news@uwm.edu Reply-To: mamba@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Paul A Deisinger) Organization: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Lines: 34 ><6705@pdn.paradyne.com> wolfe@cygnus.paradyne.com (Mike Wolfe) writes: >In article <990@wsu-cs.uucp> jal@demeter.cs.wayne.edu (Jason Leigh) writes: >> >>I find a Track ball a real nuisance to use, especially to replace a mouse. >>Just imagine how you would click and drag with a track ball [...] > >Of course you wouldn't have this problem if the interface didn't require >you to hold down the mouse button while moving the mouse. I don't understand >why this is the case. You should have to click to select/grab and >click again to deselect/drop (but then again I'm not a MACer). Thank God >this is a defaults option on the SUN. I use a trackball 40% or so of the time. The trackball I have has a port in the back into which my mouse is plugged. I have the mouse on the left side of the keyboard and use the buttons on there while I move the ball with my right. This is an acceptable solution, also, holding down a button on the ball while moving it is not really difficult, though I must admit it is difficult to be accurate. I find that using a trackball is most useful when I am doing an activity that requires two people use the mouse (such as chess). It is much nicer to pass the ball than have to crowd around the mouse pad. (excellent choice for 3 player empire too). As far as the click-set vs. click and drag, it should be a snap to incorporate that as a feature in either Dmouse or ClockDJ (the latter being my favorite gadget on my system). Matt, Dave, see who can add this feature first! :-) PAD -- My other .sig is a porche. Boongawa.