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| (PeteCresswell) 2007-11-23, 3:28 am |
| One of my clients recently anointed me with a laptop - which I've
managed to avoid having for a number of years now.
The touchpad/mouse just doesn't work for me and the plug-in
regular mouse needs a hard surface.
Stands to reason that somebody, somewhere has developed a
pointing device that doesn't need a surface. I'm thinking
something that knows where it is spatially and has a couple of
mouse buttons on it - so the user can just wave their hand to
move the mouse pointer.
Anybody know of such a device?
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PeteCresswell
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| (PeteCresswell) wrote:
> Stands to reason that somebody, somewhere has developed a
> pointing device that doesn't need a surface. I'm thinking
> something that knows where it is spatially and has a couple of
> mouse buttons on it - so the user can just wave their hand to
> move the mouse pointer.
>
> Anybody know of such a device?
Not sure if this is what you meant, but:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2695
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Els http://locusmeus.com/
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| Andy Dingley 2007-11-23, 3:29 am |
| On 22 Nov, 17:50, "(PeteCresswell)" <x...@y.Invalid> wrote:
> Stands to reason that somebody, somewhere has developed a
> pointing device that doesn't need a surface. I'm thinking
> something that knows where it is spatially and has a couple of
> mouse buttons on it - so the user can just wave their hand to
> move the mouse pointer.
Yes, and they're a pain to use. Human musculature isn't very goood at
holding a limb out unsupported without it shaking. You can get broad
gestures, you can get fine finger movements relative to a hand - but
don't expect to get accurate fine movements from a datagloved hand as
you can so easily do with a mouse on a surface.
Or you could plug a Wii into it 8-)
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| Ex-tiscali 2007-11-23, 3:29 am |
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"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote in message
news:b7gbk3lqq1od4fvsp2mnqebuuqlt0ekdai@4ax.com...
> One of my clients recently anointed me with a laptop - which I've
> managed to avoid having for a number of years now.
>
> The touchpad/mouse just doesn't work for me and the plug-in
> regular mouse needs a hard surface.
>
> Stands to reason that somebody, somewhere has developed a
> pointing device that doesn't need a surface. I'm thinking
> something that knows where it is spatially and has a couple of
> mouse buttons on it - so the user can just wave their hand to
> move the mouse pointer.
>
> Anybody know of such a device?
> --
> PeteCresswell
May be some inspiration here:
http://www.aidis.org/support/pointing_d.php
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| Toby A Inkster 2007-11-23, 6:19 pm |
| (PeteCresswell) wrote:
> The touchpad/mouse just doesn't work for me and the plug-in
> regular mouse needs a hard surface.
Get a "Kingston Marble Mouse" USB Laser Trackball. If you're used to mice,
then it might take a few days to get used to a trackball, but they're
addictive.
The Kingston Marble Mouse has a larger ball than most trackballs, and it's
centrally positioned, for use with your index and middle fingers. Then the
thumb controls the left-click and scroll-up buttons, and your ring finger
controls right-click and scroll-down. It just can't be beat!
PS: Aim Mouse sounds like a really crap superhero.
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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
[Geek of HTML/SQL/Perl/PHP/Python/Apache/Linux]
[OS: Linux 2.6.17.14-mm-desktop-9mdvsmp, up 16:37.]
It'll be in the Last Place You Look
http://tobyinkster.co.uk/blog/2007/11/21/no2id/
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| Doug Baiter 2007-11-23, 6:19 pm |
| On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:48:49 +0000, Toby A Inkster
<usenet200707@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote:
>(PeteCresswell) wrote:
>
>
>Get a "Kingston Marble Mouse" USB Laser Trackball. If you're used to mice,
>then it might take a few days to get used to a trackball, but they're
>addictive.
>
>The Kingston Marble Mouse has a larger ball than most trackballs, and it's
>centrally positioned, for use with your index and middle fingers. Then the
>thumb controls the left-click and scroll-up buttons, and your ring finger
>controls right-click and scroll-down. It just can't be beat!
>
Brilliant device which I've coveted for years. Only problem with it is
that they studiously avoid and downright alienate some ten per cent of
the population. Barmy, if you ask me...
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| Toby A Inkster 2007-11-23, 6:20 pm |
| Doug Baiter wrote:
> Brilliant device which I've coveted for years. Only problem with it is
> that they studiously avoid and downright alienate some ten per cent of
> the population. Barmy, if you ask me...
Assuming you're talking about lefties, the Marble Mouse has perfect
left/right symmetry. And most OSes allow you to swap round the buttons.
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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
[Geek of HTML/SQL/Perl/PHP/Python/Apache/Linux]
[OS: Linux 2.6.17.14-mm-desktop-9mdvsmp, up 1 day, 14 min.]
It'll be in the Last Place You Look
http://tobyinkster.co.uk/blog/2007/11/21/no2id/
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| Doug Baiter 2007-11-23, 6:20 pm |
| On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:18:34 +0000, Toby A Inkster
<usenet200707@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote:
>Doug Baiter wrote:
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>Assuming you're talking about lefties, the Marble Mouse has perfect
>left/right symmetry. And most OSes allow you to swap round the buttons.
Apologies, I'd remembered a different device
(http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOGITECH-Trac...1QQcmdZViewItem)
which is asymmetrical. The capabilities of the OS dont come into it,
since I simply cant get used to using the 'wrong' hand to input!
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