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From: d88-mbe@sm.luth.se (Michael Bergman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Optical Mice
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Date: 6 May 90 19:02:34 GMT
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SUGGS@freddy.dnet.hac.com (Brian) writes:
>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.

Why do so many people prefer that pointer movement is relative to the
orentation of the mouse and not he pad? I have no problems at all using the
sun optical mouse, and I used mechanical mice before touching a sun. If you
have to do very precise work with the mouse, it is better if the pointer move-
nent is relative to the pad because if you unintentionally rotate the mouse
in your hand ever so little, you get undesirable results.

If you rotate a sun mouse 10 or even 20 degress in your hand and then drag it
straight up with respect to the pad (and the orthogonal system your desk or
table is likely to be), the pointer *still* moves only vertically.
How can this be an undesirable property? I don't understand that at all!
I mean, it has to be much easier to have an intuitive feeling in your head for
the orthogonal system your desk (and pad) is than feeling a rotation of the
mouse in your hand 5 or 10 degrees (without looking at the mouse).

Mike
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