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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
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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