Re: [Lynx-dev] ... Accessible Search Engines ... the nasty mouse.

[Jude DaShiell]

If there's an on/off switch for a track ball and a default start
position for where the ball will be once it starts that wandering
problem can be solved.

On Sun, 1 Sep 2019, Thorsten Glaser wrote:

> Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2019 12:24:04
> From: Thorsten Glaser <address@hidden>
> To: Halaasz Saandor <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] ... Accessible Search Engines ... the nasty mouse.
>
> Halaasz Saandor via Lynx-dev dixit:
>
> > O, I love that. I wish I could forgo the mouse for everything but
> > drawing. My showlder always grows sore.
>
> I switched to a Lenovo Thinkpad USB keyboard with nipple and no
> touchpad in it (the SK-8855 model, neither the older SK-8845,
> which has touchpad, nor the current one, which has those weird
> Apple keycaps? 55Y9092 seems to be the FRU for the US version).
>
> Its bottom is very thin, allowing a smooth transition from the
> desk that doesn?t hurt the underarms.
>
> As I work mostly in a terminal (IRC, lynx, text editor, pine for
> mail), I rarely need the mouse (copy/paste, if not done via GNU
> screen, and the occasional Firefox crap), so this has come as a
> godsent; for other things like drawing, gaming, etc. I?d still
> use a drawing tablet, mouse, etc.
>
> And, as a long-year Thinkpad convert (up to X61 only though),
> I?m rather comfortable with the nipple. Trackballs are the other
> option, there are even keyboard with them embedded, at the bottom
> or left to the numpad or replacing it. I never got comfy with those
> though as they tend to wander alone.
>
> Good luck,
> //mirabilos
> --
> 18:47?<mirabilos:#!/bin/mksh> well channels? you see, I see everything in the
> same window anyway      18:48?<xpt:#!/bin/mksh> i know, you have some kind of
> telnet with automatic pong         18:48?<mirabilos:#!/bin/mksh> haha, yes :D
> 18:49?<mirabilos:#!/bin/mksh> though that's more tinyirc ? sirc is more comfy
>
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