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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
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Subject: Re: Optical Mice
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Date: 6 May 90 11:18:15 GMT
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In <898@tau.sm.luth.se>, d88-mbe@sm.luth.se (Michael Bergman) writes:
>
>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.

Why do so many people like the taste of chocolate more than cucumbers? I think
the clean, snappy taste of cucumber is so much more refreshing than the
cloying, sickly sweetness of chocolate. :-)

>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).

I suppose it has something to do with what you orient your world view to. You
could probably give this problem to a psychologist, and he would have a great
time with it (of course he might have just as great a time with why you have a
computer at all).

I seem to be able to use either optical or mechanical meeces, though I tend to
prefer mechanical because I can use it on a soft, flexible pad, and my wrist
doesn't get sore or cold where it rest on the surface. When I use an optical
mouse, I have to rest my wrist on a notepad to be comfortable.

-larry

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