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Mouse
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Trackball
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alphaniner

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What is your preferred computer pointing device?
« on: November 28, 2006, 06:44:49 AM »

I use a trackball, and I can't for the life of me understand why the mouse is the standard.  The mouse is a bit more precise, perhaps, and thus superior for certain applications.  But for most things the trackball owns the mouse.  So: what do you use, and why?
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Re: What is your preferred computer pointing device?
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2006, 07:13:40 AM »

I have a nice Gyration wireless optical air mouse and keyboard combo.

I don't actually USE it in the air that much, but it's ultra cool.
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Re: What is your preferred computer pointing device?
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2006, 07:42:31 AM »

I'm traditional.
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Re: What is your preferred computer pointing device?
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2006, 07:50:43 AM »

Graphire tablet from Wacom. Use the pen 95% of the time. Use the mouse after spending the whole day doing very detailed drawings, at least until I regain feeling in my fingers.
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Re: What is your preferred computer pointing device?
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2006, 08:29:10 AM »

use my wireless mouse.  nothing better than being unfettered
from wires.
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Re: What is your preferred computer pointing device?
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2006, 08:42:13 AM »

I have laserbeam eyes and shout BAM for left click, WHAMMO for right click. 

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Re: What is your preferred computer pointing device?
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2006, 08:57:30 AM »

I recall seeing a Slashdot story, which for some reason I can't find now, about keyboard usage boosting your mental focus and productivity, and mouse usage lowering it.  Regardless if that's true or not, if you really train yourself, you'll get around faster with the keyboard alone!

Take away my mouse, and I'd still get by just fine!  Unless surfing WWW or doing GUI / graphics design work, actually prefer to use the keyboard for everything else.  And I find myself doing more and more visual design tasks through scripting rather than RAD tools.  Even in Windows, I use keyboard-friendly apps like jedit and mplayer.  In the ancient browser days you could select links in hypertext by number or hot-key, and there's a Firefox Add-On that does the same thing, but that's an overkill, especially given today's interface-heavy sites.

My laptop also flips around and converts into a tablet, where I can click and write on screen (via handwriting recognition) with a special pen, but I only use it on the rare occasions when I don't have a comfortable desk in front of me, like in a waiting room.

EDIT: error, never type USE in upper-case on a forum that might be read by sysadmins on drugs...  it gave me wicked Gentoo flashbacks...   :lol:
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Re: What is your preferred computer pointing device?
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2006, 12:28:22 PM »

I have a nice Gyration wireless optical air mouse and keyboard combo.

I don't actually USE it in the air that much, but it's ultra cool.

Wireless mouse ain't good. I kept dropping it until it spoiled.
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Re: What is your preferred computer pointing device?
« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2006, 07:37:17 PM »

I used to love the trackballs, but now i just use an optical mouse.
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Re: What is your preferred computer pointing device?
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2006, 07:39:27 PM »

I have had to use the keyboard almost exclusively for the past few days because my tb crapped out and I haven't had a chance to get a new one.  It can be a bit frustrating at times, but it beats the hell out of the alternative.  I have been looking for a new tb for several months, but the only decent one I have been able to find is the exact same model that I have now, which is at least 5 years old.  It's kind of disappointing to see one or two tbs among a selection of 20 mouses/mice. :cry:
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Re: What is your preferred computer pointing device?
« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2006, 07:51:44 PM »

mouses

mouses?  don't you mean meeses?
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Re: What is your preferred computer pointing device?
« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2006, 10:44:46 PM »

mouses

mouses?  don't you mean meeses?

Mices.

i know, you are just a young pup, and if i were to say, "i hate meeses to pieces!!" it wouldn't mean a god damn thing to you.
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Re: What is your preferred computer pointing device?
« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2006, 11:04:08 PM »

mouses

mouses?  don't you mean meeses?

Mices.

i know, you are just a young pup, and if i were to say, "i hate meeses to pieces!!" it wouldn't mean a god damn thing to you.

Mr. Jinks...I used to watch that cartoon all the time.
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