Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 19:47:02 -0600 From: "phillip ramirez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Lib 1100 panel-mounted mouse - how quick and
Or wait till xp for pads come out.. -----Original Message----- From: Raymond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 7:52 PM To: Libretto Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 1100 panel-mounted mouse - how quick and Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 09:45:22 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 1100 panel-mounted mouse - how quick and At 09:15 AM 13/03/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:46 +0000 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 1100 panel-mounted mouse - how quick and > >Raymond, you wrote: > >Actually I'd have to disagree ... just because we've used pens for so >long doesn't >mean its necessarily the right way of using your muscles (notice all those pens out >there that are designed to help muscle cramps for instance). Besides which using a >Windows PC requires at least 4 input signals, (pointer move, pointer drag, pointer >action, pointer secondary action), at least 3 for a Mac and at least 5 for an X >interface. A pen by itself can really only provide one (hence why the Palmax has >buttons on the rear left of the panel and other tablet-pen type devices have buttons >on the pen itself, a situation that isn't really terrifically ergonomic as the >forefinger is the only one that can really press buttons in a pen situation and that >affects accuracy). > >Raymond, > >my Jornada uses a stylus with no other signals than the pressing point >on the touchscreen, and I do not need buttons. I am not experienced >with the technics, but why do one need the buttons of the Palmax, when >one can press simply the pen on the screen like I do with my Jornada? Windows CE, PocketPC, PalmOS and so on were designed knowing that the user can only have 1 inputs enabling click for select (as well as double click, triple click and so on) and in some cases drag for dragging. Notice you can't right-click or mouse-over on such operating systems. Windows for 'real' PCs was designed to have at least 4 inputs being the independant mouse move (which triggers mouseovers and the like), the left click for select (as well as the double/triple click), the right click for context and the left drag for dragging. Some programs also use the right drag, the 2 button click and the 2 button drag. It gets even more complicated for Linux. Its more a case of what the OS was designed to use ... it'd probably be easier on a mac which was designed with only 1 mouse button where the only thing you'd miss is the independant mouse move (you'll still have your single button clicks and could emulate drags). - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest ************************************************************** _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
