Posted by Sherm Pendley on 02/08/07 21:53

"STILL LEARNING" <byte.this@usa.net> writes:

> Oh the pics are online alright, I just want to give her a super comfy
> way to get to them. I've finally gotten her to the point where she
> "gets" (understands) (uh, sort of heh) email. I'm just trying to
> spare her having to land that naughty cursor with a shaky hand

Completely off-topic, but I hope it's forgivable since I'm trying to help
someone's arthritic grandma! :-)

Have you had her try using a trackball instead of a mouse? The reason being,
I've noticed that for a lot of older folks, the "click" motion isn't entirely
separated from the mouse-moving motion, and a click results in the pointer
moving a bit.

With a trackball you can lift your thumb (or whatever digit you're using)
from the ball to freeze the pointer in place while you're clicking the
button.

sherm--

--
Web Hosting by West Virginians, for West Virginians: http://wv-www.net
Cocoa programming in Perl: http://camelbones.sourceforge.net

[Back to original message]