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The laser (or ball) of the mouse is in the middle of the mouse. People don't aim with the middle of their mouse when clicking on buttons, however. If the laser was instead placed under the left button, this would give for a more accurate aim of the mouse .
This wouldn't necessarily be used as a normal
mouse, but rather as an art mouse.
You see, when drawing, the tip of the pencil is near the tip of the index finger. This means that we associate the tip of the index finger with the point that draws. Dissimilarly, when drawing with a mouse, the moving point is under the hand's palm (the ball or laser) rather than at the tip of index finger. If the laser were to be moved at the tip of the index finger (under the left click button), drawing with the mouse would be more accurate. Therefore, an art-mouse would result.
FYI, many artists consider mouse-art as lower quality than hand-drawn art, the reason being that the artist does not have as much control over the exact place of the drawing tip.
Obviously, it would also come in left-handed versions.
2-ball mouse
2-ball_20mouse
Someone's idea [marklar, Jul 05 2007]
I SAID TSK TSK!!!
Turning_20arrow_20thingy
You smug smartass. [zeno, Jul 12 2007]
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Maybe I've got this all wrong, but it sounds as if you're confusing the way the mouse works with the way the pointer on the screen works. |
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Why not just *pretend* the laser is under the left button? Moving it will have absolutely zero effect on the performance of the mouse anyhow. And it's fun to pretend. |
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This would be a valid addition to someone's idea of a mouse that has rotational control as you tend to rotate the mouse around the left button. |
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//Someone's idea// Tsk Tsk! |
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I would rather have light guns with holsters. One for left click and one for right click. Then operating a computer will becme a wild west style shoot out!
File, bang!, Open, bang! |
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I've seen mice with rotational control - also ones with a little crosshair sticking out of the front to aid transposing technical drawings into CAD. |
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But I don't get this 'aiming' thing. I don't aim my clicks, I wait for my eyes to tell me when the pointer is over the on-screen object I am planning to stimulate, and only then, once my vision has validated the correct pointer-to-onscreen-thing orientation, do I actually click. |
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<moves hand>
<pointer on screen moves>
<eyes register movement of pointer over text>
<brain validates text: "Against"> |
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// //Someone's idea// Tsk Tsk!// |
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Yes, yes, I'm lazy. It was [gkitf16]'s idea (linked) and the rotational aspect was an anno by [wtanaka]. |
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This wouldn't necessarily be used as a normal mouse, but rather as an art mouse. |
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You see, when drawing, the tip of the pencil is near the tip of the index finger. This means that we associate the tip of the index finger with the point that draws. Dissimilarly, when drawing with a mouse, the moving point is under the hand's palm (the ball or laser) rather than at the tip of index finger. If the laser were to be moved at the tip of the index finger (under the left click button), drawing with the mouse would be more accurate. Therefore, an art-mouse would result. |
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FYI, many artists consider mouse-art as lower quality than hand-drawn art, the reason being that the artist does not have as much control over the exact place of the drawing tip. |
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