I use the Kensington Expert Mouse Pro trackball. It's fantastic, and
Kensington has finally released Windows 2000 drivers for it that actually
work! This trackball is 2" in diameter, is heavy (has a lot of intertia) and
rolls on stainless steel rollers: silky smooth.
Frank Paris
marshalt@spiritone.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Eli Bowen
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 2:50 PM
> To: 'filmscanners@halftone.co.uk'
> Subject: RE: filmscanners: Clarity! Dual Monitor Hell (Heaven!)
>
>
> I use dual 21" monitors and a 6x8" Wacom stylus tablet on Win2K and
> have done the same on Macs. Works great.
> I have always hated mice. I use a trackball in addition to the
> tablet. I would have had to quit my job after a couple of months
> if I had to
> use a mouse all day. Ergonomically I find mice very stressful due to
> rotation of the wrist and tension in the pointing finger. I'm constantly
> amazed to see people choose mice over other alternatives. For me, a
> trackball or stylus is much more comfortable to use and gives more precise
> control. With a mouse the "fine" motions that require the most precise
> control are done with the arm or wrist, while the fingers just
> click. With a
> trackball or stylus the "fine" motions are controlled by the
> fingers - which
> have fine muscle control evolved and trained into them. The arm
> is then used
> only for large movements much more suited to arm muscles.
> Try before you buy.
> Some people never seem to be able to adapt to a stylus, a trackball
> or a trackpad.
