Re: Oberon/Acme/etc. mouse heavy interfaces

> For not-so-precise work you can use one of your thumbs without
> moving your hands out of the keyboard and for the rest you have
> control at the tip of your finger without the use of a heavy
> mouse.

Why does the weight of a mouse make you anxious? I use a decent
mouse pad: nylon-tissue over caoutchouc/neoprene; it doesn't
slide below, while on the top, the mouse glides like an ice
hockey *puck* [disk] over ice. (And dirt doesn't get attached
under the mouse.)

The mouse pad is generously sized, maybe 30 x 35 cm, and is 5-7
mm thick--which arranges me very well: I am using a Thermaltake
fan-less notebook cooler pad, thick approximately the same. With
the mouse pad adjacent to the Thermaltake cooler pad, I happily
can open the DVD driver again without the need to push something
below the tray [for offsetting the + 5-7 mm of the notebook
cooler pad] when inserting or removing a disk [for not letting
the tray bend].

I have *normal* sized hands, or, if not, then even slightly
tinier hands than average. And don't like small/lightweight mice
[which I have tried already and know].

Well, I guess that it's problematic at the least to
*ergonomically* design minuscule mice ... how much *playroom*
for ergonomic shaping does it remain with mini-mice? I like to
rest with the palm of the hand over the mouse--try that with
mini-mice--even if it's only for a couple of seconds; I don't
look at the mouse when I size and use it, hence feel comfortable
with /benefit from the slightly increased inertia.

/Roy
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