Re: Wireless (cordless) keyboard/mice



Skitt wrote:
Ray O'Hara wrote:
"the Omrud" wrote:
Ray O'Hara wrote:
"Irwell" wrote:

Any pros and cons?

The cord assures the mouse is always near the computer.
How often does the TV remore end up near the phone or in the
kitchen?

Not in the kitchen. The phone is cordless, so they are often
found together, but only when the phone is visiting the living
room. Why would anybody take the TV remote away from the TV? Why would
anybody take the mouse away from the computer? Neither of these
has ever happened here.

You are holding the remote/mouse. the phone rings, you get up and
only put down what you are holding to answer the phone.
Later you can't find the remote/mouse.

Why would you be *holding* either of those devices? I pick up the
remote when I want to change something, which is not too often. Then I put it down again. I don't pick up a mouse -- I simply have
my hand resting on it, so if the phone rings, I just remove my hand
from the mouse.

I don't use a mouse; Microsoft Trackball Explorers fit my style and needs. Four buttons, a clicking wheel*, and my finger does the moving: the device sits still under my hand whether on desk, chair arm, upper leg, whatever. The first one I had failed after about six months and it wasn't easy to find a replacement and an additional one for a new computer. I thought they were very expensive at $60.00 each, so my delight at winning a case of them on eBaY, was lasting. Only one failure since then; Begins to look as if I have a lifetime supply, although I'm amazed to see I could make a large profit in the current market.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yaoft3a <-- Amazon.com

I got the case of six for less than a hundred dollars. There must be /something/ good about them.

Keyboards? I have two Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pros with one in reserve. Another expensive item, no longer available, not to be confused with the inferior MNK Elite. These things are just the ticket for wide-body typists like me, very substantial and good for feet-up lap-based typing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MS_Natural_Keyboard_Pro.JPG

The two buttons that surround the wheel are thumb-operated and regular-click and right-click; the two that are forward and below the ball are middle- and ring-finger-operated and are "back" and "forward" buttons. The wheel scrolls as expected, and if clicked, shows an icon/cursor which if moved above center-screen scrolls up, below, scrolls down.

I just set up another computer for my wife's study. Tiny mouse and a lot of hand motion, tiny flat keyboard with a lot of untrained distances and azimuths. It would take a bit of practice to get it right. It is the same as her school apparatuses, and she doesn't want to try my preferences, yet.

--
Frank ess

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