[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Search] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: [MacPerl] Adressing the mouse issue



Pretty good point about PowerBooks...however it is possible to plug a normal
mouse (and therefore, most likely, any mouse device into one.

on 10/13/00 7:12 AM, Chris Nandor at pudge@pobox.com wrote:

> At 4:10 -0400 2000.10.12, Scott R. Godin wrote:
>> I definitely see the advantages of multi-button mice, and they *are*
>> available for those people who see the need for it, but as a Tech person who
>> fixes macs for a living, I can assure you that for every person that wants
>> extra buttons, there's another 40 people who barely know the ins-and-outs of
>> computers, period, who would just be confused by more buttons, and really
>> really prefer the ease-of-use in the default mouse.
> 
> The problem, though, is with laptops.  I can't get a new multi-button
> trackpad.  If Apple would make laptops so I could pop out the
> trackpad/button box on the PowerBook and pop in a new one, that would make
> me happy.
> 
> --
> Chris Nandor                      pudge@pobox.com    http://pudge.net/
> Open Source Development Network    pudge@osdn.com     http://osdn.com/
> 
> # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list?
> # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org
> 
> 


# ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list?
# ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org