Agreed. But go with an optical one, because trackballs attract more dust than mice. I have an optical thumb trackball and it is sweeeet. On 8/14/2003 at 2:58 AM a whisper was heard, and the one known as Murray White was rumoured to have uttered.... | may I suggest using a logitech trackball | wheelmouse? either cord or= | cordless. I prefer cordless but you do have to change | batteries= | frequently. Trackball is far superior to normal mouse and | much easier on= | the hand. Don't buy a trackball that is operated by the | fingers with the= | ball in the upper middle. get one operated by the thumb as | this will= | facilitate drag and drop--thumbs pronate more than fingers. | | | | *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** | | On 8/13/2003 at 9:28 PM bob.in.jersey@xxxxxxxx wrote: | | >Anybody able / willing to give advice on using common forms of | >plastic (e.g. bags, wrap) as a surface on which to use a | computer | >mouse? | > | >My family had an unpleasant experience with one of those | space-age | >non-fabric pads, and ever since we've been using various | types of | >typewriter paper, with understandably-varying results. | > | > | >-- | >BOB dot in dot jersey at Juno dot com | > | >To unsub or change your email settings: | >//www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk | > | >To access our Archives: | >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ | >//www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ | > | >For more info: | >//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3Dpctechtalk | | | Murray White | The other line always moves faster until you get in it. | | To unsub or change your email settings: | //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk | | To access our Archives: | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ | //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ | | For more info: | //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk ********* And So It Was *********** To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk