Re: Whats it for?

["Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au>]

Ed,

LOL, please don't take these responses too seriously...

> I challenge you to use my trackball for 1 full day.  The trackball I use
> is so comfortable to use and easy to master that I bet you change your
> opinion.  You may still prefer a mouse at the end of the day, but I dare
> say that you will not hate track balls any longer.
>
> For this challenge I am willing to fork out the $7 postage to ship the
> track ball both ways and risk my favorite pointing device to the USPS.
> What do you say?  Drop me a note, remove nospam.

nospam removed. $7 would not even get it on the boat I'm afraid. If you use
a bottle I might find it in about a decade. If you say the Kensington Mk V
is great, I'll take you at your word. But I still hate track balls in
general. Sounds like the Kensington Mk V is an exception. Some mice are
pretty crappy too. The one I have on my Quadra is one of those rounder ADB
II type. While it looks pretty yuppie, I have had to try 3 different mouse
mats before finding enough friction to make that bloody featherweight black
ball roll. I have a couple of the IIGS mice that have the same useless ball.
I like a mouse with real heavy balls :), the original ones on steroids.

>...(Get those sticky notes
> off my screen, how can I point at what I can't see?)

At least your not using white out... (an old "dumb blonde" joke)

> Track balls are also not created equal.  But with the flick of my index
> finger I can zip the cursor from one side of the screen to the other.

Yea, that's what I hate, a pointer that tries to exit stage right, into the
next room :)

> This trackball glides smoothly and doesn't shift at all, the base is
> held firmly in place by the weight of the ball.  I absolutely despised
> track balls until I tried a Version 5 Kensington.  It is a much more
> natural feel for my larger hands.  I rest my hand on the front slope and
> move the ball with two fingertips, click using my thumb or pinkie.  I
> never have to move my hand or lift the mouse and retrace on the pad to
> get to the edge of a screen.

point (and click) taken :)

Mark