RE: filmscanners: Clarity! Dual Monitor Hell (Heaven!)

[derek_c@cix.co.uk (Derek Clarke)]

I'm the opposite. 

I find a mouse very relaxing because I have my wrist on the desk and just 
move the mouse with thumb and second finger, leaving the index finger 
resting on the buttons.

With a stylus I find my hand remembering the writer's cramp of my far-off 
school days...

And a trackball is just hell!

elbow@microsoft.com (Eli Bowen) wrote:

>       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.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Berman [mailto:larry@bermanart.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 1:30 PM
> To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Subject: RE: filmscanners: Clarity! Dual Monitor Hell (Heaven!)
> 
> 
> I think anyone that's using dual monitors on a graphics system is using 
> a tablet also. It offers much more control than a mouse.
> 
> The drivers for your tablet have to support dual monitors. All current 
> Wacom drivers do and have for the past year. My 6x8 is comfortable 
> enough across both monitors. I got used to it right away.
> 
> Larry
> 
> 
> >How many of you with dual monitors also use a tablet instead of (or in
> >addition to) a mouse?  If you use a tablet, how well does it work with 
> dual
> >monitors?  Is it workable, or only workable with one of the two 
> monitors?
>