From: Alan Duke (alanhduke@worldnet.att.net)
Date: 08/31/00-09:14:08 AM Z
I can second this thought. I've been using the MS optical mouse for several
months now and it is wonderful. It replaced the mechanical mouse that
became unusable due to cat hair in the bearings.
Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: Rod Fleming <rodfleming@sol.co.uk>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 7:43 AM
Subject: new Mouse
> Hi
>
> You nice people might be interested to know that I have just got a new
> mouse- this is a "Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer".
>
> Not great news you may think, but unlike ordinary rodents it has no ball,
> and works by reflecting a beam of light from the surface. It is absolutely
> ace for drawing - much better than any conventional mouse and better even
> than some of the cheaper graphics tablets I've tried. It makes drawing
> outlines in Photoshop laughably easy- no more sticking or jumping, and no
> moving parts to get clogged up. Definitely a step forward.
>
> I have nothing to do with BG's money bus etc- but this is a good piece of
> kit, very handy for graphics work, and it fits into the workplace better
> than a graphics tablet (not to mention being a fraction of the price). You
> could probably even get it to work on a M*c.
>
>
> Rod
>
>
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