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From: mblakele@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Tad Blakeley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Garbage can-like icons
Message-ID: <1190@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 7 May 89 20:16:23 GMT
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Reply-To: mblakele@jarthur.UUCP (Tad Blakeley)
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
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In article <-290109998@hpcupt1.HP.COM> edwardm@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Edward
	 McClanahan) writes:
>Also, I personally prefer a trackball to a mouse (because it is always in
>the same place, doesn't need as much room, doesn't require a separate pad
>to avoid scratching my desk, etc...).  My problem with a trackball is:
>"How do you hold down a button and drag an icon?"

	Kensington (and perhaps others) has solved this problem quite well,
by putting a click-lock button on the trackball.  With the Kensington Turbo
Mouse, as they call their Mac trackball, you can configure either the left
or right button to be click or click-lock, so it's lefty-friendly.  Also,
"chording" both buttons at once sends a user-configurable command (mine
is set for Ouit).
	With a multi-button system like X-Windows, I would suggest using
a double-click or a chorded click to activate click-lock, and a single
subsequent click to release.  That way you have your whole hand free
to drag accurately.
	Actually, I don't have much trouble dragging and clicking with
my Kensington, but others seem to.

>Ed "maybe if I moved my phone over here..." McClanahan

---> Disclaimer:  I have no relation with Kensington Microware, other than
as a _relatively_ satisfied customer.  I haven't tried any other trackballs,
so I'm not even sure that mine is particularly good.

					-- tad


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