Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3506 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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The Tuesday 2006-09-19 at 21:45 -0400, Ed McCanless wrote:

> > Switch to a trackball for a while.
> >
> Carlos, that's what I was about to say. Why is it that trackballs are
> used by so few when they are so comfortable?  

Well... I can think some reasons. Let me see... they are not as 
"intuitive" as the mouse for a first timer. They are more expensive. The 
first contact will surely be with a mouse 90% of times. Switchover can 
take some time, as many things in computers (learning curve).


I switched when I was testing one for a client over a week or two. We 
wanted a mouse that could work in a mechanics shop, with inevitable dirt 
and grease... and it did: the ball has little dots that are read directly 
without wheels. It took some time to get used to, but I noticed that my 
elbow ache disappeared. Instead I get sometimes a slight thumb ache.


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Cheers,
       Carlos E. R.

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