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From: "timcosgrove_sf" <djqed@...> 
Date: Mon May 13, 2002 1:59am 
Subject: Re: [OT] need trackball for G4--looking for advice...  



> Can anyone shed some light on which
> trackball works well with LAMP?  I'm running logic on a dual 450 G4 
under
> system 9.2.
> 
> Thanks so much,
> 
> Tim

Well, I don't have the most stable LAMP setup but I've determined 
it's not the trackball causing the problem :) I use a Kensington 
Turboball. Most of their 4-button models are great, especially since 
they're programmable. In logic I have one button do click, one double 
click, one option click (good for copying notes/objects) and one 
which is the equivalent of the escape key, which brings up the tools 
palette wherever the cursor happens to be, which saves _lots_ of 
time. I can work the computer one handed which leaves the other free 
for the keyboard, control knobs, etc.

Kensington has been good about releasing updates to their drivers as 
problems come to the surface also. I highly recommend them.

Hope that helps,
(another) Tim

From: "davewalkeriv" <dave@...> 
Date: Mon May 13, 2002 11:10am 
Subject: Re: [LUG] [OT] need trackball for G4--looking for advice...  



--- In logic-users@y..., Jorma Pennanen <jorma.pennanen@p...> wrote:
> >Hi!  I just went thru 3 days of agony with a pinched nerve in my 
back caused
> >by the lack of ergonomics in my studio.  Hoping to prevent this 
from
> >happening again, I'm looking into using, among other things, a 
trackball 

> Kensington Turbo Mouse Pro..no doubt about it. 

I have to agree, that mouse looks great. I have a Microsoft optical 
track ball, 4 buttons. It's nice but I want to get one of the 
kensingtons becuase it has more buttons.

The buttons are a key way to make logic fly.

Another thing you may want to look into is a tablet intput device. 
Wacom makes several models, one has buttons that you can assign (9 
of them) on the pad and has a pen as well as a mouse.

I had a recent case of mouse-wrist, had a guy evaluate my 
workstation and the advice he gave me was this:

1. Use a track ball AND
2. Use at least one other input device as well (Mouse or Tablet)
3. Split time between the input devices
4. Reverse tilt the keyboard tray (Away from you)
5. (Important) Teach your self to use relaxed motions when using 
input devices.
6. (Important) Good posture is important, but creating a single 
position that you work in is bad. Have several positions for your 
keyboard and input devices and rotate the positions.

I used to be a keyboard pounder, and I used to tense up my arm and 
bend my wrist when using a mouse ... I messed up my wrist so bad 
that I had to stop playing AND computering for a month.

Good luck man, I feel your pain ....

-Dave