Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 07/26/05 04:27

dorayme wrote:
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> On a mac at least, one can modify the action of the mouse in various ways. I
> have mentioned the time based contextual menu that pops up next to the
> arrow. There are also modifier keys, pressing command on the keyboard allows
> scrolling by simply moving the mouse up and down (a hand appears as in
> Illustrator for positioning the canvas...). And so on... It is a different
> way of doing things using the features that already exist and are quite - er
> um... - handy like the keyboard.

Oh there are still modifier keys...Shift+Left Btn + up/down mouse move
scales brushes ALT/CTRL+Left Btn temp swap additive or subtractive masks
Scroll wheel zooms in and out and do multiple things at once.... can be
quite efficient

>
> Each to his own of course but it suits me because too much mouse work gives
> me problems with my hands, wrists, tendons ... the less and simpler to do
> with a mouse the better...
>
>
> dorayme
>
As an artist, spend a lot of time with a mouse, not had a problem with
my wrists and hands. I find small mice cramp the hand. Got a tablet but
I never really liked it, not a very good one so it is probably not fair
to to judge it with real tablets....

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Take care,

Jonathan
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