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On 10 Aug 2020 at 13:04:01 BST, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <hpcdnqFc5f6U2@mid.individual.net>, Tim
> <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> 
>>>>>> What do people use for a basic mouse? 
>>>>> 
>>>>> trackpad.
>>>> 
>>>> You could have deduced from my OP that I don't want one of those.
>>> 
>>> you asked what people use.
>> 
>> I asked what people use "for a basic mouse". A mouse is not a trackpad.
> 
> trackpads, trackballs and mice are interchangeable devices which do
> exactly the same function.

Then Apple should treat 'em the same way.

> apple's magic mouse is a hybrid, where the surface is a mini-trackpad
> for gesture support.

Have this gesture, Apple.

>>>>>> Is there a basic mouse with a scroll-ball? 
>>>>> 
>>>>> the apple pea-mouse, but it was *awful*.
>>>> 
>>>> No it wasn't. It had one design defect, namely that you had to crack it open
>>>> to clean the pea, which after 9 months or so stopped working due to grot.
>>> 
>>> more like 9 days. it was horrible.
>> 
>> 9 days in your case, perhaps.
> 
> it needed cleaning far more often than 9 months and the pea was
> physically too small to be useful. it was junk.

The pea is just the right size for what it's needed for, and can be rotated
several times without moving the finger very far.

-- 
Tim

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Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-09 18:19 +0000
  Re: Mouse nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-09 14:26 -0400
    Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-09 21:23 +0000
      Re: Mouse nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-09 17:30 -0400
        Re: Mouse Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-09 23:50 +0000
          Re: Mouse nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-10 08:04 -0400
            Re: Mouse Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-10 17:17 +0000
        Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-10 08:10 +0000
          Re: Mouse nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-10 08:04 -0400
            Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-10 13:29 +0000
              Re: Mouse nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-10 09:45 -0400
            Re: Mouse Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-10 17:15 +0000
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  Re: Mouse Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2020-08-10 07:35 +0000
    Re: Mouse snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2020-08-10 08:56 +0100
    Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-10 08:19 +0000
      Re: Mouse Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-08-10 15:50 +0100
        Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-10 17:27 +0000
          Re: Mouse Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-10 17:43 +0000
            Re: Mouse Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-08-11 17:30 +0000
              Re: Mouse Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-11 18:43 +0000
              Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-11 21:32 +0000
  Re: Mouse Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-10 10:38 +0000
    Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-10 13:32 +0000
      Re: Mouse Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-10 16:23 +0000
        Re: Mouse Martin S Taylor <correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> - 2020-08-18 10:10 +0100
          Re: Mouse Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-18 09:48 +0000
            Re: Mouse Sak Wathanasin <sw@nan.co.uk> - 2020-08-20 01:38 -0700
              Re: Mouse Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-20 09:51 +0000
                Re: Mouse Elliott Roper <nospam@yrl.co.uk> - 2020-08-20 11:26 +0000
                Re: Mouse Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-20 19:13 +0000
                Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-20 21:42 +0000
  Re: Mouse Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2020-08-10 11:41 +0100
  Re: Mouse bob <email@domain.com> - 2020-08-10 16:30 +0200
    Re: Mouse Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2020-08-10 16:41 +0100

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