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English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: saltydog on February 27, 2010, 04:46:52

Title: Of mice and mouses
Post by: saltydog on February 27, 2010, 04:46:52: What kind of mouse do you use..?
I use a trackball.. I think they're great.. :thumbs:
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Post by: The Ferry Man on February 27, 2010, 10:54:40: What is a trackball?

I use a Laser Mouse, with two button ands a scroll wheel...

This one, in fact...
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Post by: clanky on February 27, 2010, 11:27:57: A trackball is what is shown in the picture, the whole thing stays in one place and you move the mouse by rolling the ball with your thumb, they take a bit of getting used to, but they are great.

We use them at work.
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Post by: The Ferry Man on February 27, 2010, 11:31:31: I think I would prefer to move the mouse, personally...
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Post by: clanky on February 27, 2010, 11:38:53: Yeah, trackballs seem a bit strange at first, but the big advantage of the trackball is that you don't need the space to move it around. This can be a huge advantage in a cluttered space or in a space which tends to roll around a lot.
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Post by: mvsmith on February 27, 2010, 13:17:42: Hi salty,

Trackballs are very handy, especially when you have limited, or no, space. I use a Microsoft thumb ball with the laptop, on my knee when necessary. The Microsoft had a slightly larger ball than the Logitech, but Iâ€™ve not seen one in the stores for some time.

Prolonged use of a thumb ball can lead to a sore thumb, so I prefer a Wacom tablet mouse for the desktop systems.

Regards,
Marty

Clanky,
The disadvantage in a space that rolls a lot: When the mouse lands on the deck, the ball pops out and heads for the scuppers.
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Post by: Minime on February 27, 2010, 13:49:21: we used to have a track ball on our boat, for a laptop, which worked as the GPS, though that's been changed now into something better.
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Post by: Stuart2007 on February 27, 2010, 14:22:52: (http://how-to-take-care-of-a-hamster.com/hamster1.jpg)
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Post by: mvsmith on February 27, 2010, 15:18:20: I tried one of those, Stu, but it made my palm itch.
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Post by: McGherkin on February 27, 2010, 16:10:14: Quote from: mvsmith on February 27, 2010, 15:18:20
I tried one of those, Stu, but it made my palm itch.

Ditto.

I have 4-5 mice...
A wireless mouse, a mouse that lights up in 7 different colours, a car shape mouse, my laptop's mousepad, and my iPod works as a mouse...

People keep buying them for me!!! ::)

I've also got a wireless keyboard...
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Post by: Firestar on February 27, 2010, 16:49:59: I use the standard mouse..two buttons and a middle wheel.
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Post by: McGherkin on February 27, 2010, 18:17:28: I may supply some pictures...
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Post by: TJK on February 27, 2010, 18:22:24: Here you se my pat :doh:
G5 Laser Mouse from logitech
(http://i46.tinypic.com/208uq6a.jpg)
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Post by: McGherkin on February 27, 2010, 18:32:16: As Promised!

(http://q2ra7g.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pkchJDCtdRlP_eO2Hczs6KIaWM_HTcV42rDIa--jpFBLkvQAumPzU4v7PJyXagYM2oNQb973hd8P1nKjgcDAI-EteKe6S59_r/PICT0107.JPG) (http://q2ra7g.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pkchJDCtdRlP_eO2Hczs6KIaWM_HTcV42rDIa--jpFBLkvQAumPzU4v7PJyXagYM2oNQb973hd8P1nKjgcDAI-EteKe6S59_r/PICT0107.JPG)
Title: Re: Of mice and mouses
Post by: v.h94 on February 28, 2010, 02:13:02: It's only 1 pic :doh:

Quote from: McGherkin on February 27, 2010, 18:17:28
I may supply some pictures...

I have a regular HP wierles mouse works fine for what I do. :)
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Post by: Master Captain on February 28, 2010, 03:26:33: built in touch pad on my laptop and an HP wireless mouse for the desktop
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Post by: Minime on February 28, 2010, 04:17:16: well my this my current one looks just like the silver one in the pic, but it doesn't have that nano thingy, probably a older model, bought a couple of mices when I was in denmark a year or two ago, this is the last one remaining, all others got destroyed somehow.
http://www.techshout.com/images/logitech-v450-nano-cordless-laser-mouse.jpg
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Post by: Firestar on February 28, 2010, 04:54:51: Computer mouse are funny things, they tend do be quite strange. Like getting broken in interesting ways. Keyboards are even more interesting. SD should make a keyboard topic..:lol:
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Post by: McGherkin on February 28, 2010, 12:31:20: Quote from: v.h94 on February 28, 2010, 02:13:02
It's only 1 pic :doh:

I have a regular HP wierles mouse works fine for what I do. :)

Sorry, I took one of each mouse, but when I tried to upload them it pretended that I hadn't filled anything in, and that I was making a new topic....
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Post by: Jammy on February 28, 2010, 12:59:08: I have a very similar mouse to McGherkin, although different colours. Wireless mouses ftw. ;)
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Post by: The Ferry Man on February 28, 2010, 13:03:28: I had a wireless mouse, but it ended up on the floor a couple of times, and it used batteries, makig it expensive - thus I have gone back to a wired mouse
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Post by: Shipaddict on February 28, 2010, 13:17:28: This is the one I use, I think it's great:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kensington-Ci70LE-Wireless-Portable-Mouse/dp/B000UNLYUM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1267359372&sr=8-3

Mike
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Post by: saltydog on February 28, 2010, 16:02:14: Quote from: Firestar on February 28, 2010, 04:54:51
Computer mouse are funny things, they tend do be quite strange. Like getting broken in interesting ways. Keyboards are even more interesting. SD should make a keyboard topic..:lol:

If you like, you can put your keyboard here, or your joystick.. ;)
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Post by: Firestar on February 28, 2010, 17:00:33: This is my entire system, exactly this one:

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FNmRE7pmNtE/Sj87lXwVyHI/AAAAAAAADIg/Ml99Gwu18h0/s320/hp-a6720y.jpg)

Well, there is one difference. I have an "HP Pocket Media Drive Bay" and that one doesn't.
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Post by: McGherkin on February 28, 2010, 17:43:19: Quote from: Jammy on February 28, 2010, 12:59:08
I have a very similar mouse to McGherkin, although different colours. Wireless mouses ftw. ;)
Which one?

Quote from: Shipaddict on February 28, 2010, 13:17:28
This is the one I use, I think it's great:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kensington-Ci70LE-Wireless-Portable-Mouse/dp/B000UNLYUM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1267359372&sr=8-3

Mike

Nice!

Quote from: saltydog on February 28, 2010, 16:02:14
If you like, you can put your keyboard here, or your joystick.. ;)

vvvvvvv (came as a set)
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Post by: --tractorman-- on February 28, 2010, 17:54:38: My Spamboty beast :)

(http://power.lutsk.ua/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/logitech_mx620-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Of mice and mouses
Post by: Firestar on February 28, 2010, 21:02:53: Quote from: McGherkin on February 28, 2010, 17:43:19
Which one?

Nice!

vvvvvvv (came as a set)
That keyboard is so messed up!! How do you type on that?! :O
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Post by: McGherkin on March 01, 2010, 07:50:01: Eh? Oh, we English cretins have different keyboards. Sorry.
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Post by: Stuart2007 on March 01, 2010, 09:42:01: Quote from: --tractorman-- on February 28, 2010, 17:54:38
My Spamboty beast :)

You need to get out more.

Quote from: McGherkin on March 01, 2010, 07:50:01
Eh? Oh, we English cretins have different keyboards. Sorry.
English cretins? He spaeks for himself.
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Post by: McGherkin on March 01, 2010, 10:16:47: Quote from: Stuart2007 on March 01, 2010, 09:42:01
spaeks
::)
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Post by: The Ferry Man on March 01, 2010, 11:34:12: Quote from: Firestar on February 28, 2010, 21:02:53
That keyboard is so messed up!! How do you type on that?! :O

What is wrong with it?
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Post by: Firestar on March 01, 2010, 17:37:25: It's too different!! ;D
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Post by: Stuart2007 on March 01, 2010, 18:26:23: Quote from: McGherkin on March 01, 2010, 10:16:47
::)

It is called a typing error, Mr McGherkin. Do you not find you make them every now and then (if not, I'd be happy to point them out). I tend to find they occur only when I can't really be bothered.

Now- go and argue with TFM instead. :C
Title: Re: Of mice and mouses
Post by: The Ferry Man on March 01, 2010, 20:30:41: Quote from: Firestar on March 01, 2010, 17:37:25
It's too different!! ;D

What is different - looks essentially the same as mine?
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Post by: McGherkin on March 01, 2010, 20:31:27: My guess is that Firestar types on a DVORAK keyboard?
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Post by: NorthStar-Eble guy on March 01, 2010, 21:48:57: What is A joypad? Is it this thingy?
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Post by: McGherkin on March 01, 2010, 21:54:37: Could be...

Or is it this?

(http://winter2010olympics.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/winter-2010-gold-medal-closeup2.jpg)
Title: Re: Of mice and mouses
Post by: Firestar on March 01, 2010, 22:12:59: Quote from: The Ferry Man on March 01, 2010, 20:30:41
What is different - looks essentially the same as mine?
Probably since I type on an American keyboard. It's different. The essential layout is the same, but some of the more 'special' characters are either moved, or not on here entirely, essentially changing quite a bit.
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Post by: The Ferry Man on March 01, 2010, 22:13:29: American Keyboards are different? How?
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Post by: Firestar on March 01, 2010, 22:13:53: I edited :P ^
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Post by: The Ferry Man on March 01, 2010, 22:14:28: I see

Ok then :thumbs:
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Post by: Firestar on March 01, 2010, 22:21:14: Yes. Our layout is like this:

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12
`1234567890-=Backspace
~!@#$%^&*()_+ Backspace
TABqwertyuiop[]\
TABQWERTYUIOP{}|
CAPSLOCKasdfghjkl;'ENTER
CAPSLOCKASDFGHJKL:"ENTER
SHIFTzxcvbnm,./SHIFT
SHIFTZXCVBNM<>?SHIFT
CTRL WINDOWS/SUPER ALT SPACE ALT CONTEXTMENU CTRL

Those are all the standard keys. Of course, you can also use this easier to read alternative:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Qwerty.svg/799px-Qwerty.svg.png)

If we want to make something like 'Ã¸' as in NorrÃ¸na for example, I have to do the "Alt + 0248" to get it.
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Post by: The Ferry Man on March 01, 2010, 22:22:48: Looks the same layout as mine...
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Post by: Firestar on March 01, 2010, 22:25:41: Are you sure? There's minor differences between them but your should be more like:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/KB_United_Kingdom.svg/800px-KB_United_Kingdom.svg.png)
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Post by: The Ferry Man on March 01, 2010, 22:28:20: I have the funny double line (like a squashed =), can't see a euro on this keyboard, none of the rest either Don;t know how you make the funny double = line
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Post by: Firestar on March 01, 2010, 22:45:04: I'm not quite sure what line you're talking about, I'm afraid.
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Post by: The Ferry Man on March 01, 2010, 22:45:49: Top left button
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Post by: Firestar on March 01, 2010, 22:48:42: Ah, that. That is the same character as '|' such as in 'Nathan|C'. Sometimes it's printed as having dots. Try it, go into the command prompt and it should print with dots instead of being a line.
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Post by: The Ferry Man on March 01, 2010, 22:55:46: The command prompt?
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Post by: Firestar on March 01, 2010, 23:03:11: Yeah, start, run, "cmd".
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Post by: The Ferry Man on March 01, 2010, 23:05:08: What does it do?

(The Command Prompt)
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Post by: Firestar on March 01, 2010, 23:17:03: Oh, it's basically a command line emulator for the Windows GUI. Basically, it allows you to execute commands to preform various actions such as copying a file, you just do it with code. Computers of the old days used to be like the command prompt, except that was it. There was no cursor or start menu. Now it's mainly used for preforming special advanced tasks. ;)
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Post by: The Ferry Man on March 01, 2010, 23:20:10: Oh I see

OK thanks :thumbs:
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Post by: Firestar on March 01, 2010, 23:31:00: No problem. :)

Oh dear..this forum has been quiet for a few hours..
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Post by: The Ferry Man on March 01, 2010, 23:31:21: It has indeed...
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Post by: Firestar on March 01, 2010, 23:34:38: The others are going to have quite a few posts to catch up on. ;D
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Post by: The Ferry Man on March 01, 2010, 23:35:39: They will indeed... lets hope they are fast enough...
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Post by: Firestar on March 01, 2010, 23:38:15: Have no mercy, TFM. Don't hold back. Let everything you need to say pour out. ;D

(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:xwJ06MgNSgUw4M:http://www.hamovhotov.com/fun/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/human-hand-computer-mouse.jpg)

That's a cool computer mouse. It's a hand. I wonder if those are real hairs? :-X
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Post by: RMS Canada on March 02, 2010, 01:06:52: My father got me this new wireless mouse for my netbook since the other mouse I used before called quits and hasn't worked since.
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Post by: McGherkin on March 02, 2010, 07:22:35: Quote from: The Ferry Man on March 01, 2010, 22:45:49
Top left button

So begins the catching up process.

That key is used instead of the Tilde key in games to open the developer module e.t.c.
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Post by: clanky on March 02, 2010, 11:50:28: Quote from: The Ferry Man on March 01, 2010, 22:28:20
can't see a euro on this keyboard

alt gr + 4 == â‚¬
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Post by: The Ferry Man on March 02, 2010, 12:18:56: â‚¬

Wow!

Though of course I am not on my computer, so I will have to try it again when I get back

Â¦

Wow it works on that one too!

Thanks McGherkin :2thumbs:
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Post by: Stuart2007 on March 02, 2010, 14:11:25: Not on my computer, I can assure you. :evil:

If I ever found that were still possible on my computer, I would buy a new one.

EDIT: Argghhh... Time for a new computer... Before I have to pay for it in Euros (unless Greece helps the world by bankrupting the Euro (stands by for hate mail) ) :C
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Post by: The Ferry Man on March 02, 2010, 17:13:08: â‚¬

Â¦

Wow it works on my one too!

It does have a Euro sign on the 4 as well - how did I miss that :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh:
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Post by: clanky on March 02, 2010, 17:17:11: I have a German (QWERTZ) keyboard, but I have it configured as a UK keyboard so that no matter what the key actually says the output is what it should be if I hadn't been so daft as to buy a laptop in Germany.
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Post by: Firestar on March 02, 2010, 17:20:56: Wow, my American keyboard is called "QWERTY" keyboard. Try typing QWERTY. It's very easy and even fun.. ;D
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Post by: Stuart2007 on March 02, 2010, 20:30:32: Quote from: Firestar on March 02, 2010, 17:20:56
Wow, my American keyboard is called "QWERTY" keyboard. Try typing QWERTY. It's very easy and even fun.. ;D
How do you spell it?
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Post by: Minime on March 03, 2010, 00:44:36: do you guys have this: Ã¦Ã¸Ã¥Ã°?
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Post by: saltydog on March 05, 2010, 10:24:42: Avoiding this was the basis of the QWERTY layout.. :)
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Post by: The Ferry Man on March 05, 2010, 12:33:27: Quote from: Minime on March 03, 2010, 00:44:36
do you guys have this: Ã¦Ã¸Ã¥Ã°?

Ã¡Ã©ÃÃ‰ÃÃÃ³Ã“ÃºÃš

Wow look what I found this pc has!
Title: Re: Of mice and mouses
Post by: McGherkin on March 05, 2010, 13:05:55: Try Character Map...