OFB Community Mailing Lists

[Eduardo Sanchez]

At work I use a true El Cheapo Genius EasyMouse serial mouse. Really 
really cheap and generic... but it does have three buttons. :D

At home I use the laptop touchpad. I hate it, because the left button is 
stuck and then drag-and-drop is a real pain in the neck.

Blessings,


Eduardo

On Tuesday 04 May 2004 00:37, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> QOTW: What type of mouse/trackball/touch pad do you use to control the
> cursor on your computer? What past mouse devices have you used? Did 
you
> like them better?
> 
> 
> For the most part, I use a Logitech MX700 wireless optical mouse. It's 
a
> really nice mouse that has great battery life and very good precision. 
I
> have it hooked up to my KVM, so I can use it to control my Mac as well
> as my PC's. I also use an Apple Pro Mouse on my Ruby iMac.
> 
> I've used a lot of mice. I started off with a "Z-Nix" mouse that came 
in
> a bundle with Windows 3.1. It was a simple little square, glossy 
mouse.
> I think my next mouse was a brightly colored mouse that I was given 
(it
> was a review unit from a company that a family member worked at). 
After
> that, I had a three button el cheapo mouse (even cheaper than the
> others). Then I switched to an Alps touch pad... that was back when
> touch pads were new and so they were selling a stand alone one for
> desktops. 
> 
> From there, I went to a Microsoft IntelliMouse I received with a Dell
> computer. Then, I bought an IntelliMouse Pro (from Big Lots for only
> $9.99). After that I switched to the Logitech iFeel mouse (also from 
Big
> Lots) -- I never installed the software to make it "feel," I just 
liked
> its design (very comfortable). After that mouse -- which I still use 
for
> various purposes -- I was given a "water mouse," a little mouse that 
had
> water and little plastic fish swimming in it. That was amusing for a
> summer, but I soon switched to the MX 700, which I am still using. I
> also have a mouse that came with my Wacom tablet, but I rarely use it.
> 
> On occasion, I also use an Apple Mouse (which is clear and white and 
is
> the current Apple mouse, not to be confused with the clear and black
> Apple Pro Mouse that no longer available), but for the most part, it
> just sits here.
> 
> The MX 700 is my favorite by far. Logitech makes great mice. :-)
> 
> How about you?
> -- 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Timothy R. Butler       Universal Networks      www.uninet.info
> ==================== <tbutler at uninet.info> ====================
> | Christian Portal:      | Have you not learned great lessons |
> |      www.faithtree.com | from those  who  braced themselves |
> | GNU/Linux News:        | against  you   and   disputed  the |
> |            www.ofb.biz | passage with you?   --Walt Whitman |
> 

-- 
Prof. Eduardo Sanchez
Asuncion, Paraguay, South America
--------------------------------------------------------------
 Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make,
 And who with Eden didst devise the Snake;
   For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man
 Is blacken'd, Man's Forgiveness give--and take!

	-- The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
	   

--------------------------------------------------------------