"Pete C." wrote in message
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Ed Huntress wrote:

"Wes" wrote in message
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"Ed Huntress" wrote:

A corded keyboard and mouse go in my shoulder bag with my laptop. I'd
rather
used the mouse on my knee than use a freaking touchpad. And those
keyboards
are ridiculous if you write for a living.

I would suspect you would have strong preferences in a keyboard since
it
is obvious, you
can write and I know you get paid by the word.

I keep an old dead keyboard around just to remind me what a good one
feels
like. It is
one of those that go click before the key bottoms out.

Yeah. I used a Northgate Omni Key 101 for years, a writer's favorite,
until
it finally died. It clicked. I miss that sucker, but I've gotten used to
the
run-of-the-mill Dells, and I have a Logitech compact, but full-sized one
that I keep in my bag. They're good enough.


For surfing the Web, though, they're fine.

I hang out at a local library near work when my gun club has a meeting
to
kill time
between getting out of work and meeting time. The LT keyboard is good
enough for that
since I'm usually surfing or drawing something which is mostly mouse
driven. For some
reason my optical mouse doesn't like their table surfaces. Only place
I
have had that
problem so far.

I have a glass-topped dining room table, and whenever I try to use the
optical mouse on it, I'm reminded that light goes right through glass.
g

I've found a few surfaces that don't work with the optical. It needs some
texture or color contrast.

I've found that on those problem surfaces, a plain old piece of paper
works just fine as a mousepad.

You know, I've tried that, with mixed success. A smooth piece of quality
paper doesn't work with my (Microsoft and Logitech) mice. Any ordinary paper
works OK, but not great.

I usually grab an advertising flyer or something like that when I'm working
at the glass-topped table. Those work fine.

--
Ed Huntress