Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!world!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!paperboy!yee From: yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) Newsgroups: comp.human-factors Subject: Re: Track ball on a keyboard? Message-ID: Date: 12 Jun 91 22:11:21 GMT References: <2909@sumax.seattleu.edu> <1991Jun12.181324.12617@den.mmc.com> <1991Jun12.202144.12527@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: news@OSF.ORG Distribution: na Organization: Open Software Foundation Lines: 19 In-reply-to: bmo1@Isis.MsState.Edu's message of 12 Jun 91 21:27:07 GMT In article bmo1@Isis.MsState.Edu (CrayDeath) writes: > Also, you have the problem with what the mouse is going to do while you let go > to work at the keyboard. With gravity, the mouse stays right where it's > supposed to and leaves the pointer alone. In zero-G, the mouse might decide > to do some exploring on its own, moving the pointer, and possibly floating > somewhere out of reach. A mechanical mouse would have all of those problems in zero-G, but an optical mouse would not. There are no mouse balls to float around, and with the help of some magnets, the mouse would stay put (i.e. won't go wandering off 'exploring on its own'). =Mike -- == Michael K. Yee -+- OSF/Motif Team == Open Software Foundation - 11 Cambridge Center - Cambridge, MA 02142 == "Live simply, so that others may simply live."