OT: rodent usage

[Sylviane et Perry White]

On Wednesday 24 September 2008 19:45, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote:
> OK perhaps I was being a bit harsh, But it felt harsh to me. It seams
> like all control settings are going to be primarily made with the rodent
> in hand. Which annoys me a bit because I lack some of the hand/eye/screen
> coordination needed to use the dang thing well. I do a little better with
> track balls but even then it's usually easier for me to type 30 or forty
> words than to get the gosh durned rodent accurately pointed at anything I
> need to click on. (and that's not to say I consider myself a typist... If
> it weren't for spell check, even I wouldn't know what I typed most of the
> time...)
Joe,
I have a feeling you have past the point where a computer novice gets lost 
when the mouse reaches the edge of the table before the pointer reaches its 
target (very funny).
Also using shortcuts instead of mouse is good practice.

Still there are cases where the easyest way is to move the pointer or focus.
I don't know what applies in your case but I would consider:
1) "Ball" mice may not roll smoothly, sometimes they need cleaning (not just 
the ball as manufacturer tell, but the shafts it rools against)
2) Settings for the mouse may be adapted to your needs (speed, acceleration)
3) Tabulator and arrows (up, down, left, right), in conjunction with other 
keys (alt, shift, ctrl...) may change the focus... sorry, can't tell you all 
the details because *I* rather use the mouse than remember this stuff.
4) It is even possible to move the pointer anywhere without a mouse, I just 
don't remember how :0(

I hope some of this can help you, but you may have had a necessity to learn 
all this much better than I.


As a sidenote, for a seamless integration of your mails in this list, since 
you talk about spell checkers and you appear  (I don't want to use the word 
"seam"   ;0)		) to use this very word "seam" quite often, I will advise you 
not to trust your spell checker
		 (it doe's not spell the end of things      :P	because of a spell casted on
		 all primitive spell checkers so that they are unable to take the context
		 into account to flag out a correctly spelled world that shouldn't belong
		 here)
 on that world and use "seem" or "appear" instead. Your wife may use the word 
"seam" if she is a dressmaker or she does some sewing.  YMMV     	;P

Greetings		Perry

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