Re: [Hardware] which mouse?

[Raffaele Fragapane <jaco(at)thejaco.com>]

I guess if you strafe, kite and kite kill a lot, when you navigate the 
viewport in quake4 mode, then they become quite important feature.

Me? I've had an old logitech for as long as it lasted (8 years I think), 
and it followed me and my work in 3 different continents.
When it died 6 months ago I ended up buying an MX1000.

I''ve never been a huge fan of wireless, but with a cradle it becomes a 
non issue.

The mouse is fairly hefty with all the stuff jammed into it, but that is 
something I like.
A weighted mouse requires less micro movements for precision, as the 
mouse offers the right amount of resistance, which means more strain on 
your muscles and less on your cartillage, reducing carpal tunnel risk 
(and I -AM- at risk since I've been using mice, touchtyping and playing 
base guitar for too many years).
It's also a fairly big mouse (and I think it comes with left and right 
hand options), which I also like, but might not please everybody, 
especially if you have small hands or if you're generally hobbit sized.

The precision is pretty stunning, and the laser tech turned out to be 
more benefit then marketing, countrary to my expectations.
Yes, it does work on any mousepad, on bumpy glass, on paper and on cloth 
equally well.

I've never minded middle clicking with the wheel, but when everybody 
making decent mice also started offering only the option with 
sidescrolling, I went apeshit.
The side scrolling thing is plain evil, and the way MS had it down made 
me use my own mouse at work until we found enough stock of old mice from 
a vendor and finally replaced that crap.
over half the office at that time was using their own mouse or had to 
map the middle click to the side button, which not every linux driver 
will handle, and it also puts additional strain on your thumb, that up 
to then was the only finger in your hand free of tendon and cartilage 
injuries risk.
the MX1000 isn't nearly as bad in those regards, as the middle click 
doesn't require you to punch the wheel with a screwdriver to obtain 
threshold pressure (unlike MS mice), and if you're on windows you can 
install the bloated drivers and remap middle click to side click
The click remapping worked surprisingly well, and when I got used to it 
it was starting to feel better then wheel clicking, but I had to abandon 
it because I couldn't get it to work in linux, so I also removed the 
drivers from my windows boot. Without divers the mouse still works 
perfectly btw, including the side buttons for browsing.

so all in all I would reccomend the MX1000, it's working out well for 
me, and I definitely would stay away from any other sidescrolling wheel 
crap I've tryied (and 6 months ago I tryied everything since I consider 
my mouse quite an important part of my daily work.
I also tryied a few odd branded mice, cheap ones etc, but they always 
turn out to be very light, or the materials/design don't feel solid 
enough, and I guess that's what made me decide for the MX in the end, 
it's a brick of a mouse, very well assembled, and with no grooves or 
bumps where your hand rests.

wow... that was quite a mail for a mouse, but then I'm a big fan of desk 
ergonomy(sp?)

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|     Raffaele Fragapane       |
|     Rising Sun Pictures      |
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peter boeykens wrote:

> tripple firing, snakeskin look and water resistant.
> those are the essentials for working in XSI for sure ;-)
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>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Dan Yargici <mailto:danyargici(at)gmail.com>
>     *To:* XSI(at)Softimage.COM <mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
>     *Sent:* Sunday, October 08, 2006 1:39 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [Hardware] which mouse?
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>     When I was at Imaj we kitted out a whole studio with X7 mice
>     (mouses?) from a4Tech - http://www.a4tech.com/en/
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>     I can highly recommend them, high dpi's and reeeeally nice to
>     hold/use.  Relatively cheap too.
>
>     I think they started out as a fairly crappy operation, but now
>     they've become a pretty good brand IMO.
>
>     Dan
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