Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-11 Thread Jerry Barnes
Trackball all the way. Have one on every PC in the house (five at the moment) and work (2). Great for FPS's as well. J - I can't be responsible for every undercapitalized small business in America. It's time to put the common good, the national interest, ahead of individuals. - Hillary Clinto

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Ras Tafari
i did before i got it, and she's not let me down. i honestly feel compelled to be on it, working, or doodling, or creating new site... rather than being on a deadweight pc. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Medic wrote: > > Yeah. I agree it's nice. The hard part I'm having with Mac's is that a lo

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Medic
Yeah. I agree it's nice. The hard part I'm having with Mac's is that a lot of the "features" kind of seem like much ado about nothing. I'm trying to be a Mac guy, but most of the time I just find myself asking "so THAT'S what I'm spending an extra $1000 on? Hopefully I'll come around. One thing I

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Ras Tafari
sure they do, but any that ive seen/used PALE in comparison to this one... the one that FULLY is sensitive to the most intuitive gesturing ive ever used. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Medic wrote: > > Yeah it's nice. Though almost every laptop you can use the right-most and > bottom-most area

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Cameron Childress
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Sam wrote: > Isn't that like 15 years old? Multitouch? No. As Medic pointed out some have an area on the side of the pad that has a special purpose, but that's very different than multitouch (and I don't really like it, the hit area is too small). -Cameron ..

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Medic
Yeah it's nice. Though almost every laptop you can use the right-most and bottom-most areas of the touch pad as a scroll bar. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Ray Champagne > wrote: > > I love the trackpad when I am just using my la

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Sam
Isn't that like 15 years old? On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Ray Champagne wrote: >> I love the trackpad when I am just using my laptop by itself.  Somehow I >> cannot get used to the pad when it is external.  Weird. > > I've got

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Cameron Childress
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Ray Champagne wrote: > I love the trackpad when I am just using my laptop by itself.  Somehow I > cannot get used to the pad when it is external.  Weird. I've gotten so use to the two finger scrolling alone that I can't standing using a non-multitouch device any

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Tony Weeg
ooh yeah! maybe gamecenter will do that?? Sent from my iPhone... Don't hate. On Jan 10, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Vivec wrote: > > I think there is a way to transfer your scores and progress from an > iPhone or iPod to a Mac. > > On 10 January 2011 13:08, Ras Tafari wrote: >> >> if it had anythin

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Vivec
I think there is a way to transfer your scores and progress from an iPhone or iPod to a Mac. On 10 January 2011 13:08, Ras Tafari wrote: > > if it had anything new i'd be all over it... but im already up to 5-14 > with 3 full stars on all those levels... > why start over, just because its bigger

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Ras Tafari
if it had anything new i'd be all over it... but im already up to 5-14 with 3 full stars on all those levels... why start over, just because its bigger?!?!!? gimme more birds, and new levels and then ill upgrade!! On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Casey Dougall wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Vivec
You can get Angry Birds on the PC through the Intel App Store. > > I'm about ready to switch to MBP just for Angry Birds in the Mac App Store. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Casey Dougall
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > > 2 iPads, 2 iPhones, 3 MBP's, AirPort, and all the fixin's. Yee haw. > > y ha > > I'm about ready to switch to MBP just for Angry Birds in the Mac App Store. **

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Ras Tafari
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Ray Champagne wrote: > > It took me a couple days to get used to, but now regular mice drive me > bananas. i couldnt get past 4 minutes... ill try again. > I love the trackpad when I am just using my laptop by itself.  Somehow I > cannot get used to the pad whe

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Ray Champagne
It took me a couple days to get used to, but now regular mice drive me bananas. I love the trackpad when I am just using my laptop by itself. Somehow I cannot get used to the pad when it is external. Weird. So hard to go back and try and use a PC pad now. They just feel...I dunno...DUMB. Wit

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Vivec
You can change all your Keyboard shortcuts to the PC ones in the System Preferences panel somewhere btw. I still have to do that. I find Command + Option + Arrow key to be just lame compared to CTRL + arrows to jump back and forth between words etc. Also, I have to replace my Finder as my main f

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Medic
> > > on my new mbpro I've just joined the ranks of "Mac User." New job and it's a Mac shop. Got a 17" MBPro. So far I hate Mac's. I hope I come around. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Ras Tafari
really? i tried one here @ work, and was less than impressed. now, the trackpad on my new mbpro is FTW and i guess i dont need the side one? On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Ray Champagne wrote: > > To each his own I guess. > > I bought the trackpad the day it came out and hated it. I promptl

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Ray Champagne
To each his own I guess. I bought the trackpad the day it came out and hated it. I promptly returned it for the magic mouse, which I love. I had to change the way that I held the mouse a bit, but once I did I realized that the new position is actually less stressful on the wrist. On Mon, Jan 10

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Ras Tafari
+420 thats why i wasnt very excited by microshits version either. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > For multitouch I think I prefer the trackpad: > > http://www.apple.com/magictrackpad/ > > That magic mouse seems to have been built for kids - too tiny for the > avera

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Cameron Childress
For multitouch I think I prefer the trackpad: http://www.apple.com/magictrackpad/ That magic mouse seems to have been built for kids - too tiny for the average man sized hands. Gripping it requires contracting your hand too much and it tends to bother the muscles in my hand after awhile. -Came

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-10 Thread Casey Dougall
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Vivec wrote: > > http://www.islandgamers.com/?p=191 > > After two years of R&D (they say) Microsoft is releasing its own > version of Apple's Magic Mouse. > > I like my trackball mouse but when I saw this one, I found it interesting enough to consider using it.

Re: Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-09 Thread Sam
I hate using the mouse. More shortcut keys please. On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Vivec wrote: > > http://www.islandgamers.com/?p=191 > > After two years of R&D (they say) Microsoft is releasing its own > version of Apple's Magic Mouse. ~~~

Microsoft releasing a Touch Mouse

2011-01-09 Thread Vivec
http://www.islandgamers.com/?p=191 After two years of R&D (they say) Microsoft is releasing its own version of Apple's Magic Mouse. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp