Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-12 Thread Devon H. O'Dell
2010/5/6 Mathieu Lonjaret : > Hello, > > Just one comment about the vertical Evoluent mouse (I bought one a few > months ago since Russ recommended them). I also recommended it in another recent thread on mice. > It can be pretty hard to get used to it. I had to force myself to try > it several t

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-12 Thread ron minnich
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Russ Cox wrote: >> I'll let you know how it works, once I saw it was customized to hand >> size that made the deal. > > When you get it, please tell us why it looks like there > are two parallel scroll wheels along the thumb. I got it. It fits my hand well. In fac

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-07 Thread erik quanstrom
On Fri May 7 21:41:59 EDT 2010, m...@iridescent.org wrote: > 1. FWIW I think the IBM/Lenovo mouse is still available. Type 31P7405 into > Google Search and you get lots of options. > > Is this really a 3 button mouse or is the scrollpoint the middle button? It > really looks like a 2 button mou

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-07 Thread Lawrence E. Bakst
1. FWIW I think the IBM/Lenovo mouse is still available. Type 31P7405 into Google Search and you get lots of options. Is this really a 3 button mouse or is the scrollpoint the middle button? It really looks like a 2 button mouse from the picture. NB I saw this in a review at the Lenovo web site

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-07 Thread Russ Cox
> I'll let you know how it works, once I saw it was customized to hand > size that made the deal. When you get it, please tell us why it looks like there are two parallel scroll wheels along the thumb. ;-) Russ

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-06 Thread ron minnich
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:24 AM, Joseph Xu wrote: > I've never tried these (can't justify spending >$100) but they look really > nice. > > http://ergo.contourdesign.com/products/product-detail.aspx?id=36 > I'll let you know how it works, once I saw it was customized to hand size that made the dea

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-06 Thread Mathieu Lonjaret
Hello, Just one comment about the vertical Evoluent mouse (I bought one a few months ago since Russ recommended them). It can be pretty hard to get used to it. I had to force myself to try it several times before I could stand using it. I think the main reason is because you apply horizontal pres

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-05 Thread Jonas Amoson
I have used a Contour Mouse daily for over ten years, without it failing me once. It is the old model with a ball, and has a converter from RS-232 to PS/2. They are a bit pricey, but you can get them in different sizes; mine is "Large" and designed for left hand operation. The keys are mirrored in

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-05 Thread Stan Barr
On Wed, 5 May 2010 05:08:51 GMT, Akshat Kumar wrote: > There is no better supplier of true > 3-button mice than Uriel. > > I use his Logitech 3-button mouse. > > > Best, > ak > > P.S.: Considering air fare, I think there > is a fair bit of price inflation going on > here. Definitely not a bargain

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-05 Thread Ethan Grammatikidis
Not quite what's asked for, but with my motor control issues I really shouldn't be able to chord at all, but most days I can with an odd little labtec mini-mouse. http://www.labtec.com/index.cfm/gear/details/EUR/EN,crid=29,contentid=756 It's about £10-£12: http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard_d

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-05 Thread Stuart Morrow
Perfit mouse. I've never used one or anything, but it's what the thread asks for. http://www.contourdesign.com/ stuart

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-05 Thread EBo
"Fco. J. Ballesteros" said: > > It's a click on the wheel, *but*, unlike others I tried, > it feels to me very much like an actual button. That is, > the wheel does not spin or feel like spinning when you click. > > I'm talking about the logitech dinovo cordless. you might also want to take a

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-04 Thread andrey mirtchovski
> isn't this the same thing?  i just bought 8 last month > (and we're out again): that's the one. i have three of these but they never break, so i should be set for quite a while.

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-04 Thread Akshat Kumar
There is no better supplier of true 3-button mice than Uriel. I use his Logitech 3-button mouse. Best, ak P.S.: Considering air fare, I think there is a fair bit of price inflation going on here. Definitely not a bargain. On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Russ Cox wrote: ... > Are there others?

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-04 Thread David Leimbach
Trackballs Kensington has a nice 4 button one with a scroll ring that I've been very very happy with. On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Don Bailey wrote: > Sun Microsystems USB 3-button mouse has always been my preferred mouse > for Plan 9. Still is. And they're cheap. > > On Tue, May 4, 2010

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-04 Thread Don Bailey
Sun Microsystems USB 3-button mouse has always been my preferred mouse for Plan 9. Still is. And they're cheap. On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:52 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: > On Tue May  4 23:22:19 EDT 2010, r...@swtch.com wrote: >> A correspondent recently sent me email to ask >> about where to find a

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-04 Thread erik quanstrom
On Tue May 4 23:22:19 EDT 2010, r...@swtch.com wrote: > A correspondent recently sent me email to ask > about where to find a good 3-button mouse for > use with plan9port, but the question might equally > apply to Plan 9 proper. I was disappointed to find > that apparently IBM/Lenovo no longer se

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-04 Thread Bell Labs Plan 9
I've been buying IBM- or HP-branded mice such as http://www.amazon.com/3-Button-Optical-USB-Mouse-black/dp/B000FLUSEM >

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-04 Thread Joseph Xu
On 05/04/2010 11:18 PM, Russ Cox wrote: A correspondent recently sent me email to ask about where to find a good 3-button mouse for use with plan9port, but the question might equally apply to Plan 9 proper. I was disappointed to find that apparently IBM/Lenovo no longer sells the mouse that Andr