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<blockquote data-quote="Amen-Moses" data-source="post: 4355" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>Well I've been using it for around 8 hours straight and haven't had to switch to the mouse at all.</p><p></p><p>For iMovie I program one of the buttons to do curl-T, one for lock-Click and two more (the thumb-up and down buttons) to do left arrow/right arrow and that pretty much increases productivity by a huge factor. In fact the way I have it configured I can do most of the clip splicing and editing using just my thumb!</p><p></p><p>I did away with the select-click as I don't use those menus for anything anyhow (well except for occasionally emptying the bin) so replaced it with double-click, now dragging and dropping, directory (sorry "folder" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />) opening and application launching is all done by single clicks of forefinger or pinky and movement of the track ball (which is smooth and fast) by middle finger.</p><p></p><p>Now my entire hand is getting a workout rather than just my wrist and although I'll probably feel it tomorrow it certainly feels easier than using the mouse (which in my case I find tended to end up sitting on its own cable too often, I would try to click it and the **** thing wouldn't go down until I moved it).</p><p></p><p>The only down side so far is the wheel, it is too small (or my fingers too chubby) and too far back on the device (or my fingers are too long) for really comfortable use. still it is a small price to pay for all the positive aspects.</p><p></p><p>Definitely gets a 9 out of 10 rating from me even though it took me some self-persuading to buy such a wierd looking device. </p><p></p><p>One particularly good feature under OSX is that unlike wheel mice under Windross the wheel moves the nearest vertical scroll bar rather than only the one with the input focus, that means that in applications with multiple scroll bars I only have to move the pointer a tiny amount to scroll say the outer bar rather than the inner one. Navigating complex PDF files is a real pleasure now.</p><p> </p><p>Amen-Moses</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amen-Moses, post: 4355, member: 114"] Well I've been using it for around 8 hours straight and haven't had to switch to the mouse at all. For iMovie I program one of the buttons to do curl-T, one for lock-Click and two more (the thumb-up and down buttons) to do left arrow/right arrow and that pretty much increases productivity by a huge factor. In fact the way I have it configured I can do most of the clip splicing and editing using just my thumb! I did away with the select-click as I don't use those menus for anything anyhow (well except for occasionally emptying the bin) so replaced it with double-click, now dragging and dropping, directory (sorry "folder" ;)) opening and application launching is all done by single clicks of forefinger or pinky and movement of the track ball (which is smooth and fast) by middle finger. Now my entire hand is getting a workout rather than just my wrist and although I'll probably feel it tomorrow it certainly feels easier than using the mouse (which in my case I find tended to end up sitting on its own cable too often, I would try to click it and the **** thing wouldn't go down until I moved it). The only down side so far is the wheel, it is too small (or my fingers too chubby) and too far back on the device (or my fingers are too long) for really comfortable use. still it is a small price to pay for all the positive aspects. Definitely gets a 9 out of 10 rating from me even though it took me some self-persuading to buy such a wierd looking device. One particularly good feature under OSX is that unlike wheel mice under Windross the wheel moves the nearest vertical scroll bar rather than only the one with the input focus, that means that in applications with multiple scroll bars I only have to move the pointer a tiny amount to scroll say the outer bar rather than the inner one. Navigating complex PDF files is a real pleasure now. Amen-Moses [/QUOTE]
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