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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news-in.tiac.net!news-central.tiac.net!not-for-mail From: cgull@smoke.marlboro.vt.us (john hood) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 3 button mice for X11 Date: 1 Jun 1996 08:08:23 GMT Organization: interstellar Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4ootpn$d4m@news-central.tiac.net> References: <4ocfvr$rm6@linet06.li.net> <4ocpgi$8c8@nntp5.u.washington.edu> <pmh.833236268@ardbeg.islay.sub.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: smoke.marlboro.vt.us In article <pmh.833236268@ardbeg.islay.sub.org>, Patrick M. Hausen <pmh@islay.sub.org> wrote: >And, if you want one of the "ergonomically shaped" models - Logitech >offers left handed ones, too. Not any more. At least not in the US. I asked them, and they said "no, but we have nice ergonomically designed mice that are usable by lefties", at least those who have their thumbs on the outside of their left hand :) Mouse Systems seems to be the only name-brand manufacturer making three button mice usable by lefties anymore. Fortunately, they make both optical and optomechanical mice. I also saw one tantalizing mention of a Key Tronic mouse based on the Honeywell canted-shaft technology, but I haven't followed it up with Key Tronic. Personally, I want a 3-button PS/2 mouse that is usable by lefties and has a reasonably high update rate (I'm tired of mice that were designed for 5MHz 8088s and seem to update ~15 times a second, leaving a jiggling mess when you drag a pointer across the screen.) --jh