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From: fish%kzin.utah.edu.uucp@utah-gr.UUCP (Russ Fish)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: 2 button mouse
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Date: 6 Apr 88 18:04:04 GMT
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Summary: It's been done


The idea of putting a one-handed keyboard on a mouse has already occurred to
Sam Drake, a Mechanical Engineering professor here who works with our Alpha_1
geometric modeling system.  I saw him building prototype injection moulds last
year.  

Getting the human factors right is tough.  He was using 4 buttons for the
fingers and a pair of shift buttons for the thumb (I think) on a vaguely
hemispherical mouse housing.

Send mail to drake@gr.utah.edu to inquire about production models.  He might
be interested in building some.

-Russ