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Article #42302Re: New mouse design... WHY?!
From: Dave Wells
Date: Wed, 10 May 1989 18:52
Date: Wed, 10 May 1989 18:52
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In article <2312@mit-caf.MIT.EDU> paul@mit-caf.UUCP (Paul Meyer) writes:
>In article <2600@nmtsun.nmt.edu> weevil@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Jeff Eliasen) writes:
>>When is Apple going to ship the Macintosh standard with optical mice? I
>
> Don't optical mice require a special gridded mousepad for the mouse
>to reference? I usually use a mouse pad, but I'm not sure that I want to
>be forced to use one at all times. It's nice to use a clean desktop for
>mousing around when the pad isn't big enough. I hope apple doesn't switch
>to optical mice.
> If I am wrong in thinking that the special mousepad is required,
>I retract my comment. If it can be used on any flat surface I have no
>objection to Apple switching to it.
Yick! I've yet to see an optical mouse that I like. With or without the
required grid-pad, they just do not provide the tactile feedback of standard
"roller-ball" mice. Well, okay. The tactile feedback that _I_ like anyway.
-Dave
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!dwells From: dwells@Apple.COM (Dave Wells) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: New mouse design... WHY?! Message-ID: <30440@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 10 May 89 18:52:09 GMT References: <7891@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <431a1e09.a590@mag.engin.umich.edu> <13402@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <21560@srcsip.UUCP> <2600@nmtsun.nmt.edu> <2312@mit-caf.MIT.EDU> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 24