>> In article <fmoore-6D2A41.14191523122...@feeder.motzarella.org>,
>>  Fred Moore <fmo...@gcfn.org> wrote:

>>> In article <jollyroger-BD6D46.16340520122...@news.individual.net>,
>>> Jolly Roger <jollyro...@pobox.com> wrote:

>>>> In article <5aydnRVc-vJE7dDUnZ2dnUVZ_hKdn...@giganews.com>,
>>>> Tim Lance <see....@bottom.com> wrote:

>>>>> Any one use one of these?

>>>>> JR. Might be the one. Trackball works just as a 360-degree scroller in
>>>>> "mouse
>>>>> mode" and then can be switched to "trackball mode" for full-blown
>>>>> trackball
>>>>> functionality (i.e. trackball controls pointer).

>>>>> http://us.kensington.com/html/13880.html

>>>> My experience so far with Bluetooth mouses is that they ten to be just a
>>>> bit laggy, which makes me feel as if I don't have complete control over
>>>> the cursor. I wonder if they offer it in a wired version.

>>> About 6-9 months ago I investigated this and other Kensington Bluetooth
>>> mice at the Apple mini-store inside a Microcenter near me. There were
>>> none in use in the Apple section even though the store sold them. I
>>> asked the Apple clerk. He said he had removed all the Kensington
>>> wireless mice because of significant and continuing driver issues which
>>> messed up the system. Perhaps Kensington has fixed this. Perhaps not.

>> And that brings to mind this question:

>> How does this Kensington Slingblade Trackball mouse operate *without*
>> the Kensington drivers installed? I would hope that the right button and
>> track ball would work like they do in the Mighty Mouse. Can anyone
>> corroborate this?

> Things I read elsewhere said they did. I just went ahead and got another MM
> for myself for Christmas. That and an Airport Extreme. Took almost every
> loose coin I had in the fish bowl I use for a piggy bank.

> I couldn't go from 4 buttons to two (Slingblade), or use a tilting scroll
> wheel, or some other compromise.