Mouseman, C9, Trackman

[Grant DeLorean]

rcd at ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:

>>  Those were a pretty bad idea, IMHO. The C9 was pretty good as it was.

>Not having seen them, I can't say whether the "hand fit" works out, but at
>least they figured out that if they're gonna make an asymmetric mouse, they
>need two models!

 I guess that is a point in their favor, even though it was an overall
blunder. :-}

>I'd love to be able to use a Trackman, but it's useless to me!  I'm left-
>handed, and there is NO way to adapt the thing to use with the left hand.

 The manual talks about a way (turning it sideways so the buttons are to
the left) but it looked pretty awkward...

>design.  I wonder, now that they've got two flavors of this Mouseman,
>whether they're finally gonna wake up and make a left-handed Trackman.

 It would make sense, so they probably won't... 
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