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From: SUGGS@freddy.dnet.hac.com (Brian)
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Subject: Re: Optical Mice
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Date: 4 May 90 22:36:47 GMT
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Chris Beasley <cb1p+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

>The WORST thing about optical mice..
>not only do they need that optical grating pad, they must be orthogonal
>to it to achieve the correct motion:  place your optical mouse diagonally
>on the pad and move it in the x and y directions with respect to it's own
>coordinate frame.  The pointer on the sreen moves diagonally.

I too prefer that direction of movement be relative to the orientation of
the mouse and not the pad.  But that doesn't mean you can't use optical mice.
You should try out a Xerox workstation sometime.  They have optical mice, but
they don't have the undesirable property you describe.

-Brian Suggs
bsuggs@hac2arpa.hac.com