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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: CRAP Poll: My Mouse Is...
Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 05:30:03 -0000 (UTC)
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 20:35 this Tuesday (GMT):
>
> I've been late with this month's Completely Random And Pointless Poll.
> So I won't take too long on the intro for this one. This time, let's
> focus on your mouse. You know, that wiggly lil' plastic gadget beneath
> your hand. Let's describe it!
>
> Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
>
>    1) ...Top of the line! It has more buttons than my keyboard! 
>    It has so many LEDs I need a special permit so airplanes 
>    don't mistake it for landing lights. It's DPI is measured 
>    in fentometers. It's more programmable than my primary PC. 
>    If I can't do it with my mouse, it can't be done by any 
>    mouse.
>
>    2) ... A high-end gaming mouse; high-DPI and easily 
>    programmable so I can pwn the n00bs!
>
>    3) ... A high-end regular mouse; more than the usual 3-buttons 
>    and perhaps an above-average DPI. I'm a good office worker!
>
>    4) ... A mouse. Click-click-click. Hey, look, it's even 
>    got a scroll-wheel! What else could a mouse have?
>
>    5) ... The cheapest piece of plastic tat available, but
>    it gets the job done (barely). 
>
>    6) ... An Apple mouse: stylish but horrid to use
>
>    7) ... Still got a ball!
>
>    8) ... A trackpad, because I hate myself.
>
>    9) ... A trackball! (or some alternate pointing device, 
>    like the Thinkpad's mouse nub)
>
>    10) ... A keyboard, because real users stick with the 
>    command line
>
>    11) ... What's a mouse? I move the cursor by inputting the 
>    coordinate deltas manually!
>
>
>
> Myself, I fall firmly into category 3, with my stylish and comfortable
> Logitech mouse. Six buttons, although I almost never use any but the
> main two. (well, more accurately -given my habit of collecting useless
> electronics- I have a multitude which spans almost the entire list.
> But my primary mouse -the one I most often use- is as boring as
> described above).
>
>
> So describe your mouse? Do you let your hand wallow in luxury with the
> highest-end pointing device available, or tempt carpal tunnel with
> something that only vaguely resembles a mouse? The compilers of CRAP
> poll data need a response!


4, easily. I've been using the same Logitech mouse for a while now.
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