Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question)

BTW: is a tappable trackpad transplant fairly simple on a 5300? very easy and I do not understand why Apple decided not to put the tappable in the 5300 which was sold in the same period of the 190. Ben -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp:/

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (& intro)

With great conviction Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >You'll take my Kensington trackballs when you pry them out of my cold, >dead fingers, and I've never attached a mouse to any of my Powerbooks. "cold, dead finger"s, eh?!? I too love my TurboMice, first thing my new-to-me Quicksilver

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question)

I use a Kensington TurboMouse Trackball. The only problem is that my wrist bends more and on a backward angle compared to the trackpad. But generally I find it faster to use. Someone said that tappable trackpads are quieter than mouse clicks. Used to be true on my trackball until my stepson br

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (& intro)

I wrote: >>I was thinking about using a two-button USB mouse with a scrollwheel on my desktop >>computer, but its software is incompatible with the Kensington Mouseworks >>software I use for the 4-button ADB trackball I love. Donn Haven Lathrop replied: >>Give USB OverDrive a shot. It's well

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question) (long)

Even worse, my iBook's trackpad is *way* oversized (like the new Powerbook's too). I keep touching it in the wrong way with one or two fingers that don't belong there. In addition, the very little feedback the (single) button gives is insufficient. It may be OT, but while I find the association tra

Re: Re.: Trackpad vs. Mouse

Count me on as a mouse man, I've always been frustrated by the keyboard and trackball/pad on powerbooks, with my 180 I had a beautiful compact keyboard trackball combo that was very slick, with my 3400 I use a Mac compact keyboard and a standard mouse. Roger macnifico wrote: Count me in as a n

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (& intro)

>>I was thinking about using a two-button USB mouse with a scrollwheel on my desktop computer, but its software is incompatible with the Kensington Mouseworks software I use for the 4-button ADB trackball I love.<< Give USB OverDrive a shot. It's well worth the shareware fee. Works with OS 8.5

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (& intro)

Greetings! I am a subscriber to several other LEM lists, but recently have been lurking here by reading the archive...and have I learned a lot! I went from using an Outbound(pre-Powerbook clone) to a 520c to a 5300 until recently. I have a couple 1400's, though have not used them much as the

Re: Netscape 7 for Mac OS 8/9 (was Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse...)

Go there: http://www.netscape.ca/browsers/7/download/index.jsp and click "MAC OS 9 users click here" > Now if you, or any fellow lister, can direct me to the download of > Netscape 7 for OS 8/9, I'd really appreciate it. > > Thank you :-D -- +-

Netscape 7 for Mac OS 8/9 (was Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse...)

manfred writes, http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en&categoryid=5 Yes, IE 5.1.7 ist the best browser for MacOS 8-9.x. Also Quicktimeplugin and Flash/Shockwaveplugin are working.> I'm sorry, I must have made the mistake of not being specific enough. I asked for an URL wh

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question)

Hi, The most popular Microsofts are here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en&categoryid=5 Yes, IE 5.1.7 ist the best browser for MacOS 8-9.x. Also Quicktimeplugin and Flash/Shockwaveplugin are working. I like the "Black Powerbook" style :). Using text-buttons there i

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question)

Andrew Kershaw writes, Please give me an URL so I can download this, please, oh please. I've been trying to find it on and off for weeks. Thanks in advance, ~Yersinia. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question) (long)

What exactly IS the history of the trackpad/touchpad? I was under the impression for the longest time that the PowerBook 500 series was one of the first laptops anywhere that had one. On Nov 23, 2004, at 9:39 PM, Alex Wenzel wrote: At the beginning of the Nineties, I had one of the *very* first t

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question)

I discovered a neat feature in IE 5 a few years ago, and it is what keeps me using that browser on my PowerBooks even when NS 7 is available for OS 8/9. If you hold down the Command key and click-and-hold on the page, you can drag the page around with the pointer (BTW, this feature works in Fi

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question) (long)

se add a second mouse button plus a genuine scrolling device to your Powerbooks, plus maybe something new insanely great! That's about what *should* come from Apple. Alex > -Original Message- > From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Yersinia > Sent:

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question)

I prefer trackballs too. Who has enough clean desk space to move a mouse around? :) Later.Howard Computer n. A pocket calculator with a glandular problem. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and...

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question)

Donna Hood Pointer writes, You mean to click with the trackpad? No. I click with the clicker which lives immediately below-in front of the track pad. No need to click with a trackpad here. I don't know why THIS should be "the finger" I feel most physically comfortable using ;-) but I came to

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question)

Daniel Palka writes, Well, I fumbled plenty with my trackpad when I first got my Powerbook. ;-) A year and a half later I'm well past this point at least. I'm still faster on my mouse with the G3, but I'm competent with the trackpad at least when I take my Powerbook out. Nope, I don't rec

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question)

Daniel Palka writes, Wow. So when you first got a mouse, was it hard for you to get used to it in the same way the trackpad was for me when I first got my Powerbook? MI think its kindof silly when people bring a mouse with their laptop. That defies the practicality and elegance of having a l

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question)

Have you tried positioning the arrow using only one finger on the trackpad and then leaving the arrow there and clicking? I use my right thumb to click and hold and then my right index finger to drag, sometimes using strokes. But for accurate positioning of the arrow point, simply moving the ar

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question)

I'm quite happy using a mouse on a desktop Mac (though, unusually, I use it left-handed even though I'm right-handed). But I've never used a mouse on the laptops I've had, and I don't even have a compatible mouse for my PB1400. And I tap my trackpad, because it's easier and quieter than clickin

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question)

What I also find amusing is watching people that have never used a laptop before fumble with a trackpad (there are surprising amount of people that have never touched a laptop - mostly people who buy $200 brand new eMachines) and they just don't get it. People will put more than one finger on i

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question)

I prefer the trackpad. I also get a strange look when I do "NOT" want to use the mouse - even if somebody else brings a mouse with their laptop, and I need to use it for some reason, I got straight for the trackpad. I had laptops BEFORE desktops, so I'm kindof backwards to everybody else. I

Re.: Trackpad vs. Mouse

Count me in as a no mouse guy, too! For years, as I was changing desktop computers, I migrated my Kensington 4 button Trackball. I started liking the trackball when I first got my PowerBook 165. Time passed, and I bought a 540c. It was love at first touch. I even retired my Kensington Trackball f

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question)

On Nov 23, 2004, at 12:52 PM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote: I am a peculiar case. I was amazed by the first PowerBook trackball and since then, it was 1991, I replaced all my desktops mice with Kensington trackballs. Then I liked the trackpad so much that I now use small Wacom tablets also for dr

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question)

I am a peculiar case. I was amazed by the first PowerBook trackball and since then, it was 1991, I replaced all my desktops mice with Kensington trackballs. Then I liked the trackpad so much that I now use small Wacom tablets also for dragging, tapping, clicking etc.. In conclusion I am a "no