Re: Force joystick mouse opinions please

2000-08-17 Thread Brian Chabot
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Bill Freeman wrote: > I'm tempted to tell him to avoid the touch pad mice ones. Today that > seems to leave the force joystick nub between the "G" and "H" keys (I > believe). But I have no first hand experience with those. My > daughter doesn't like them, claiming, among o

Re: Force joystick mouse opinions please

2000-08-17 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Bill Freeman wrote: > I've grown to hate the touch pad mouse on my laptop because of the way > that my thumb tends to inadvertently brush it while I'm typing ... Yeah, I hate those touchpads, too. However, the better ones have a "Control Panel" option in MS-Windows which d

Re: Force joystick mouse opinions please

2000-08-17 Thread Stephen Ryan
On 17 Aug, Bill Freeman wrote: > I've grown to hate the touch pad mouse on my laptop because of > the way that my thumb tends to inadvertently brush it while I'm > typing, leaving me typing at the wrong spot in the text, or even at > the wrong window. > > Meanwhile my boss is asking

Re: Force joystick mouse opinions please

2000-08-17 Thread Richard Soule
I have used a laptop with the little joystick mouse for years. Pros: You can leave your hands on the keyboard. You can put a couple different kinds of covers on them (soft, hard grippy, etc.) Cons: The Toshiba laptops that I have been using seem to have a problem with drift aft

Force joystick mouse opinions please

2000-08-17 Thread Bill Freeman
I've grown to hate the touch pad mouse on my laptop because of the way that my thumb tends to inadvertently brush it while I'm typing, leaving me typing at the wrong spot in the text, or even at the wrong window. Meanwhile my boss is asking me for laptop recommendations. I'm tempt