Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site rocksvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amd70!rocksvax!dave From: dave@rocksvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Question on the mouse, comments abou - (nf) Message-ID: <630@rocksvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Jul-83 18:26:32 EDT Article-I.D.: rocksvax.630 Posted: Wed Jul 6 18:26:32 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 17-Jul-83 02:00:38 EDT References: <800@pur-phy.UUCP> Organization: Xerox, Rochester, N.Y. Lines: 14 Having used mice now for a number of years on our internal Alto computers I have to say a mouse is a winner. I don't know about you but the thought of holding my arm at head level rather than on a table surface makes my arm ache. The point about multiple buttons on the mice verses the light pen is a good one, mice should have at least 3 buttons. This allows you to do all sorts of "pointing commands": selects/delete/moves/etc. The trackballs have too much inertia when going large distances and you end up overshooting. Light pens need a "light" icon to point at something, unless you allow some background "grey" to exist on the CRT. Think about pointing at the end of a line with a light pen, there are no characters there to get a signal from. Dave