From: utzoo!decvax!microsof!fluke!vax2:dag Newsgroups: net.graphics Title: multi-button mouse Article-I.D.: vax2.452 Posted: Mon Feb 14 10:07:28 1983 Received: Thu Feb 17 05:03:19 1983 We here at Fluke have a Scientific Calculations SCI-CARDS printed circuit board design system that uses Megatek tubes and Summagraphics bit tablet pointing devices. The puck (not a mouse but same function) has four!!! buttons on it; SELECT, ZOOM IN, ZOOM OUT, and GRAB FOR PAN. The operators spend between 10 and 20 hrs/week at the workstations. They seem to get the hang of multi-button operation quite quickly. After about 3 months they say they don't ever think about it any more. My conclusion is that a multi-button mouse is a good idea for heavy use. Less complicated arrangements may be better for casual and demonstration use. David Gunderson CAD/CAM Technical Manager John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. decvax!microsof!fluke!dag