Xref: utzoo comp.sys.next:890 sci.electronics:4410 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!hal!nic.MR.NET!tank!ncar!stout!cook From: cook@stout.ucar.edu (Forrest Cook) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Mouse cord nuisance from lap (was Re: Monitors: What Next?) Message-ID: <1083@ncar.ucar.edu> Date: 6 Dec 88 21:29:57 GMT References: <15572@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <16891@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <31811@bbn.COM> <2184@iscuva.ISCS.COM> <1425@neoucom.UUCP> <1988Dec2.195929.9185@utzoo.uucp> <342@inuxj.UUCP> Sender: news@ncar.ucar.edu Reply-To: cook@stout.UCAR.EDU (Forrest Cook) Organization: Field Observing Facility, NCAR, Boulder, CO Lines: 15 In article <342@inuxj.UUCP> wgb@inuxj.UUCP (Walter Burton) writes: >I knew there was a reason track balls always seemed attractive. ... >Now if some keyboard folks are out there how about putting trackballs >into the keyboard. Trackballs are indeed very nice devices for entering xy coordinates. Unfortunately, the mouse has one big advantage: the ability to move and click buttons at the same time with one hand. This would be difficult on a trackball. Too bad a mouse doesn't have momentum like a trackball. ^ Forrest Cook (The preceding comments were my Opinions) ^ /|\ /|\ /|\ {husc6 | rutgers | ames | gatech}!ncar!stout!cook /|\ /|\ {uunet | ucbvax | allegra | cbosgd}!nbires!ncar!stout!cook /|\