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From: "Martin_Cooper.osbunorth"@XEROX.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari's mouse.  Still best for my hand.
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Date: 10 Apr 89 00:44:19 GMT
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> I use Microsoft's mouse at work as well as the new ergonomic
> Logitech mouse.  I still prefer the Atari mouse.  I have long

Wow! I've never used a PC mouse, and now I don't think I ever want to. I
have used a lot of other mice, on workstations of various sorts, and for me
the Atari mouse is the *worst* I have ever used.

The *best* I've used was on an obscure workstation made by Whitechapel in
the UK. It's shaped almost like half a tennis ball, with three "buttons"
just exactly where your fingertips fall. It's extremely comfortable to use
for long periods of time, and the click gives just the right amount of
feedback without requiring a strong finger.

Next best is the Xerox optical mouse. The shape isn't so good, but it's
very light, moves very easily, and has really excellent click
characteristics - lighweight microswitches. And because it's optical,
there's no ball to get all gummed up.

But optical isn't always good. The Sun mouse is optical, but it's awful -
it's "directional" in the sense that you have to have the pad the right way
up and the mouse parallel to the sides of it for it to work at all. Weird.

It's just a pity that, with so many mice around, so few of them are
interchangeable. Then I'd be able to use the same kind of mouse on all the
machines I use. Sigh. One day, maybe...

	Martin.

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