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From: bagpiper@oxy.edu (Michael Paul Hunter)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Mouse Feats
Message-ID: <30064@tiger.oxy.edu>
Date: 21 Apr 89 17:45:33 GMT
References: <1989Apr6.183222.17943@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <9642@claris.com>
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In article <9642@claris.com> krazy@claris.com (Jeff Erickson) writes:
>Several people have raised objections to mice with the legitimate complaint
>that they are fast typists and don't want to remove their hands from the
>keyboard to hit the mouse.
>
>There is a solution which I actually use if I have to do a lot of typing.
>I put something hard (like a book) on the floor, stick the mouse down there
>and use my feet.  Admittedly, you have to be barefoot to get the most use
>out of this idea, and the fewer buttons the better.
>
>You were born with four limbs, not two.  Why not use them?

A better solution is to use a head mouse.  A head mouse is an optical device
that has a component on the monitor and one on your head...by detecting
head movement it controls the mouse.  You can control the buttons through
a blow tube or thumb buttons.  disclaimer: I have never used one...just
thought they were neat.

I think I originally saw them in an apple film about hardware and software
for disabled people.

The military is also using a similar idea for a night flying aparatus.	The
head gear can be used to target objects on the ground....  I think that
there was an article in avionics in the last few months.


					   Mike