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From: TaliesinSoft on 16 Apr 2010 19:56 On 2010-04-16 17:58:00 -0500, dorayme said: [querying in regards to the Kensington SlimBlade Bluetooth Presenter Mouse] > Ah... ok... that sounds pretty fancy. But I might look into this. > Is the mouse you have an ambidextrous design? If you mean is it left/right symmetric, the answer is yes. Here are the details on the Kensington site.... <http://us.kensington.com/html/15707.html> -- James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas --- taliesinsoft(a)me.com
From: dorayme on 16 Apr 2010 22:53 In article <82sbovFge3U1(a)mid.individual.net>, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-04-16 17:58:00 -0500, dorayme said: > > [querying in regards to the Kensington SlimBlade Bluetooth Presenter Mouse] > > > Ah... ok... that sounds pretty fancy. But I might look into this. > > Is the mouse you have an ambidextrous design? > > If you mean is it left/right symmetric, the answer is yes. Here are the > details on the Kensington site.... > > <http://us.kensington.com/html/15707.html> I found a place to order one near me, they don't actually know if it is in stock, $63Aust. I ordered one. -- dorayme
From: TaliesinSoft on 17 Apr 2010 01:21 On 2010-04-16 21:53:31 -0500, dorayme said: > In article <82sbovFge3U1(a)mid.individual.net>, > TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-04-16 17:58:00 -0500, dorayme said: >> >> [querying in regards to the Kensington SlimBlade Bluetooth Presenter Mouse] >> >>> Ah... ok... that sounds pretty fancy. But I might look into this. >>> Is the mouse you have an ambidextrous design? >> >> If you mean is it left/right symmetric, the answer is yes. Here are the >> details on the Kensington site.... >> >> <http://us.kensington.com/html/15707.html> > > I found a place to order one near me, they don't actually know if > it is in stock, $63Aust. I ordered one. Hopefully you will be as satisfied with yours as I am with mine -- otherwise "Mud" be my name! :-) -- James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas --- taliesinsoft(a)me.com
From: TaliesinSoft on 17 Apr 2010 01:35 On 2010-04-16 19:04:54 -0500, Nick Naym said: [commenting on the Apple aluminum wireless keyboard] > The keyboard's lack of a numeric keypad can be annoying when I'm doing > the usual financial calculations. Yeah, I can (and, of course, do) use the > numeric keys along the upper row; but I do miss the standard arithmetic > function keys -- especially the multiplication and addition keys (ya gotta > use the SHIFT key to get to them). The wireless keyboard I wish Apple would make is what I'll dub the "2/3" keyboard, one that has the section to the right of the typewriter area but not the numeric pad area. I have the Apple wired aluminum keyboard and I do like having the arrow keys separate from the typewriter area. -- James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas --- taliesinsoft(a)me.com
From: dorayme on 17 Apr 2010 03:44
In article <82svkhFd7tU1(a)mid.individual.net>, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-04-16 19:04:54 -0500, Nick Naym said: > > [commenting on the Apple aluminum wireless keyboard] > > > The keyboard's lack of a numeric keypad can be annoying when I'm doing > > the usual financial calculations. Yeah, I can (and, of course, do) use the > > numeric keys along the upper row; but I do miss the standard arithmetic > > function keys -- especially the multiplication and addition keys (ya gotta > > use the SHIFT key to get to them). > This is making me think I might be irritated not having a numeric keypad. maybe a wire is not so bad (it is what I always have had) and unlike with a mouse, the wire hardly gets in the way of anything really. > The wireless keyboard I wish Apple would make is what I'll dub the > "2/3" keyboard, one that has the section to the right of the typewriter > area but not the numeric pad area. I have the Apple wired aluminum > keyboard and I do like having the arrow keys separate from the > typewriter area. -- dorayme |