On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 01:50:17 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 1:42 AM, Paul Rudin <paul.nos...@rudin.co.uk> >> wrote: >>> Text selection with a mouse is a different thing. Sometimes it's more >>> convenient, sometimes it's not. >> >> As screens get larger and the amount of text on them increases, it's >> likely to get more and more useful to use a mouse... but personally, I >> still find the switch-to-mouse operation so clunky on anything except a >> Thinkpad that I'll use the keyboard even if it's a bit slower. (Why are >> Thinkpads different? Because the mouse, which is excellent, is right >> under my fingers, between G/H/B. > > You mean those horrible nipple things? > > Ewwww. Ewwww. Damn things get the tactile feedback *completely* wrong. > They're even worse than those awful little mousepads that you stroke. > > Frankly, nothing comes even close to a real mouse for feedback and ease > of use. Maybe a stylus. But that's it.
I would guess that you used a Dell one. They're far FAR worse. We have Dell laptops at work and I use external mice with them all. The IBM trackpoint is far better. I can game with a trackpoint, but when I built a Windows 7 desktop box for Alice, I had to go buy a high precision mouse just to be able to game properly. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
