Re: Favorite input device?
"Terry Yager" wrote:
>> Well now, you're not the first one to say you hate
>> pointy-clickey devices like the mouse (I don't
>> mind it).
> One of the things that bugs me the most is software
> designed in such a way that every time you need
> to make a choice, the button to click on is at the
> "opposite" end of the screen from the last choice
> made. So you end up moving the mouse way
> more than you should have to. Why can't software
> designers figger this out, and put the buttons all
> in the same area of the screen to minimize mouse
> movement? Seems simple enough to me...
Minimize mouse movement? If everyone started
to copy each other, then more lawsuits would
result, but of course that would make you happy! ;-)
>> My favourite input device would have to be the
>> Joystick (being a games freak who's into CP/M!),
>> because you just are supposed to play a game
>> via the keyboard, even though I've been doing
>> it for so long, but really that's a weak excuse,
>> cause Joysticks on an IBM are a joke, one of the
>> biggest problems associated with this computer!
>> Though that leads me into saying that I also hate
>> Gamepads as well, because of the small level of
>> control you get with such a device. I noticed you
>> put something else alongside Joystick, which in
>> that case if it's Gamepad, I certainally won't pick
>> it in principal (because I don't like Gamepads!
> Blame it on the software. I tried putting all the
> options on a different line, but the system said I
> had too many options (after allowing me to "type in"
> all those options) and wouldn't allow me to
> "submit" the poll, so I condensed a few of
> them. I just figgered a game pad was similar
> enough to a joystick to group them together. (I
> thought a lot of people would choose that one,
> since so many people use thier computers for
> gaming).
When I did some poll about using the PMs, the system
seemed to let me allow as many options as I could
have. But I didn't get any messages saying I'm out
of options! Maybe Erik can fill us in about this.
It's just a pity, because the accurate poll needs as
many options. A gamepad is simular to a Joystick,
but unfortunately I've yet to actually used one that
I've liked, but I feel that with the design of it, it's
not going to get any better.
>> After the Joystick, the Keyboard would have to
>> come a distant second, because you need
>> something to type stuff on! ;-)
> Of course we "need" the keyboard, but do
> you actually enjoy using it?
I thought I'd explain this earlier, for games
keyboard's aren't the best tool, but for typeins,
text editing, Word Processing they do what they
are supposed to do. The level of enjoyment
changes depending on what I'm doing with my
Keyboard, so for games, I feel it's not so great.
In some cases I like using a mouse. For a driving
game, this isn't such a bad device (better than a
keyboard), even though you really have to be
careful with the mouse cause driving around using
it is so sesentive.
Cheers,
CP/M User.