Re: Oberon/Acme/etc. mouse heavy interfaces [Was: Re: Life, universe, and ION3]

On 2007-10-15, Roy Lanek <lanek-tnsfOxNVUhtWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:
> I am using the V270 since a few months, and it is the best
> *mouse* I have used ever. (I am not saying that there can't be
> better mice around.)
>
> Wirth prefers mice with three buttons. I like ones with two ...

I go with the good old 3-button Pilot. Unfortunately, the left
button of my remaining one is dying, which is another reason
why I'm using it left-handed... The scroll wheel is quite 
cumbersome as a third button, often used for pasting. I 
wonder if there are ones with a proper third button and a
scrollwheel... They'd just have to move (in e.g. the present
Pilot) the scroll wheel a bit towards the centre and add a
third button in front of it.

> About the weight: 323 g of the V270. You would not be able
> to make a difference, it's still to little compared with the
> total: weight of a loaded notebook bag with or without mouse,

The high weight makes it heavier to move around, and adds 
requirements for the surface you use it on.

> About the touchpad: I think that it makes sense--for *special
> situations* [let's recall that a notebook is more or less
> mobile]: mouse doesn't work for any reason, no space to use it,
> etc. 

The nipple is preferrable; the touchpad mostly in the way unless
you disable it -- from my limited experience with laptops.

> Example: Helsinki, January, snow, night. Tuomo has just lowered
> the [electric powered] window glass on his side in the car, when
> he discovers that, suddenly, he can't longer lift the window
> glass--for any any reasons: ice, electric motor problem, etc. A
> simple winder would now be VERY welcomed.

Your example is flawed: Tuomo neither lives in Helsinki nor has or
drives an infernal machine. Tuomo uses highly reliable technology
known as the Oat Engine combined with such a marvel of simple and
reliable engineering known as the bicycle. And against the wind
and snow he goeth.

-- 
Tuomo