It may seem a little awkward to get used to at first -- and it probably is -- but once you get used to it, it's realy easy. Up and down motion can be achieved just by pushing and pulling with your fingertips, side-to-side with your thumb an ring finger, and scrolling can be done comfortably with your index finger.
As a lefty, this is exactly how I hold my mouse, since the buttons are on the wrong side. I've found that reversing the buttons and holding the mouse as a right-handed person would causes fatigue much faster.
Now if only I could find a keyboard with the numeric pad on the left side...
-ai "..and the stains on my boots show my life is going well."
Be had a nifty booth at PC Expo, with the iToaster and a Microworkz rep tucked away in a corner. After asking a few questions about why they're not porting BeOS on to the G3 (official answer: "Because Apple won't play nice."), the giddy rep pointed me to the new iToaster. It's about the size of a VCR circa '86, and about as heavy. It does allow for printers/scanners/etc via serial and USB ports, and comes with word processing software.
As for that whole "Linux/BeOS" shenanigan.. After the Be rep checked my entrance badge to make sure I wasn't a part of the press, I was told that the mentioning of Linux was to raise the level of interest, a PR move devised supposedly by the Prez of Be.
I think that it's an excellent box for those who can't afford a real computer, but that may change as the price of a box & monitor drop. But at the moment, with the price being almost as low as my Playstation (and with an equally low intimidation factor), Be should stand a very good chance of gaining market share, especially with the release date timed well enough for the holidays. (October or November, if I remember correctly) They also intend to make a "kids iToaster", which from what I understood, consisted mostly of changing the icons available on the startup screen.
Now if only the people Linux Pavilion at PC Expo had been as friendly... but that's another story.
ai
"...and the stains on my boots say my life is going well." -Ruby
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gentoo had a nice lot (maybe the goth chick had some to do with that...), and so did suse, sun and amd.
As the official gentoo booth "goth chick", I take that as a compliment.
Want to make your local goth chick happy? Install gentoo today!
As a lefty, this is exactly how I hold my mouse, since the buttons are on the wrong side. I've found that reversing the buttons and holding the mouse as a right-handed person would causes fatigue much faster.
Now if only I could find a keyboard with the numeric pad on the left side...
-ai
"..and the stains on my boots show my life is going well."
Be had a nifty booth at PC Expo, with the iToaster and a Microworkz rep tucked away in a corner. After asking a few questions about why they're not porting BeOS on to the G3 (official answer: "Because Apple won't play nice."), the giddy rep pointed me to the new iToaster. It's about the size of a VCR circa '86, and about as heavy. It does allow for printers/scanners/etc via serial and USB ports, and comes with word processing software.
As for that whole "Linux/BeOS" shenanigan.. After the Be rep checked my entrance badge to make sure I wasn't a part of the press, I was told that the mentioning of Linux was to raise the level of interest, a PR move devised supposedly by the Prez of Be.
I think that it's an excellent box for those who can't afford a real computer, but that may change as the price of a box & monitor drop. But at the moment, with the price being almost as low as my Playstation (and with an equally low intimidation factor), Be should stand a very good chance of gaining market share, especially with the release date timed well enough for the holidays. (October or November, if I remember correctly) They also intend to make a "kids iToaster", which from what I understood, consisted mostly of changing the icons available on the startup screen.
Now if only the people Linux Pavilion at PC Expo had been as friendly... but that's another story.
ai
"...and the stains on my boots say my life is going well." -Ruby