Kensington SlimBlade Trackball Mouse

Does anyone use one of these mobile bluetooth mice? Can you confirm whether it is necessary to uninstall Kensington Mouseworks before the mouse can be used? -- Cheers, Steve The reply-to email address is a spam trap. Email steve 'at' shodgson 'dot' org 'dot' uk

In article <66n54vF2lr3seU2@mid.individual.net>, Steve Hodgson <hamrun@gmail.com> wrote: > Does anyone use one of these mobile bluetooth mice? Can you confirm > whether it is necessary to uninstall Kensington Mouseworks before the > mouse can be used? Don't know about the software exactly; but in case you haven't purchased one yet, a salesman at a MicroCenter Mac store-in-a-store told me that the mice's Bluetooth connection was so unstable that he had removed several of them from his display Macs because the Kensington mice made the Macs look bad. --Fred

On 2008-04-16 22:20:20 +0100, Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> said: > In article <66n54vF2lr3seU2@mid.individual.net>, > Steve Hodgson <hamrun@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Does anyone use one of these mobile bluetooth mice? Can you confirm >> whether it is necessary to uninstall Kensington Mouseworks before the >> mouse can be used? > > Don't know about the software exactly; but in case you haven't purchased > one yet, a salesman at a MicroCenter Mac store-in-a-store told me that > the mice's Bluetooth connection was so unstable that he had removed > several of them from his display Macs because the Kensington mice made > the Macs look bad. That's good to know in advance. It seems hard to find a Bluetooth (i.e. no dongle required) mouse for use with a MacBook (or Pro). The Mighty Mouse is ok-ish but I would rather have real buttons and a bigger trackball or scrollwheel. All alternative recommendations welcome. -- Cheers, Steve The reply-to email address is a spam trap. Email steve 'at' shodgson 'dot' org 'dot' uk

Hei Steve Steve Hodgson wrote: > Does anyone use one of these mobile bluetooth mice? Can you confirm=20 > whether it is necessary to uninstall Kensington Mouseworks before the=20 > mouse can be used? I don't use the SlimBlade, but an ExpertMouse Pro and an Optical=20 ExpertMouse on my two big Macs running both Tiger and Leopard, and as i=20 read the Kensington webpages, it isn't necessary to uninstall MouseWorks = before installing the SlimBlade software. Kensington Mouseworks simply disables itself (not uninstall), when you=20 disconnect a Kensington mouse or other trackball: - I found out a day=20 when I opened the controlpane to configure some of the buttons=20 different, - but I'd forgotten to connect the Optical ExpertMouse - and=20 got a message sometihing like "...There is no Kensington device=20 connected, please check your device connections"..-) So if I were you I'd keep the Mouseworks installed too, - and you then=20 easily can connect another Kensington device without having to=20 re-install anything. The Mouseworks doesnot harm the system in any case. Cheers, Erik Richard --=20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rgds. Gr=C3=BC=C3=9Fe, Mvh. Erik Richard S=C3=B8rensen, Member of ADC <mac-man_NOSP@M_stofanet.dk> <http://www.nisus.com> NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Textprocessing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Steve Hodgson wrote: > On 2008-04-16 22:20:20 +0100, Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> said: >=20 >> In article <66n54vF2lr3seU2@mid.individual.net>, >> Steve Hodgson <hamrun@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Does anyone use one of these mobile bluetooth mice? Can you confirm >>> whether it is necessary to uninstall Kensington Mouseworks before the= >>> mouse can be used? >> >> Don't know about the software exactly; but in case you haven't purchas= ed >> one yet, a salesman at a MicroCenter Mac store-in-a-store told me that= >> the mice's Bluetooth connection was so unstable that he had removed >> several of them from his display Macs because the Kensington mice made= >> the Macs look bad. >=20 > That's good to know in advance. It seems hard to find a Bluetooth (i.e.= =20 > no dongle required) mouse for use with a MacBook (or Pro). The Mighty=20 > Mouse is ok-ish but I would rather have real buttons and a bigger=20 > trackball or scrollwheel. Well, I haven't heard of the problems with the SlimBlade trackball, but=20 I know that if there are many BT unit assembled in one place, it can=20 give some 'distorsion' and by this desturb other BT units - like BT=20 keyboards and mobile phones. - I have some real hard problems here,=20 though I don't have any BT keyboard or mouse - only two Sony-ericsson BT = phones. - I can't get access to the one of these, 'cause my neighbour's=20 smartphone blocks the signal.:-( > All alternative recommendations welcome. Alternatives could be a Logitech normal cordless or BT mouse or trackball= =2E Normal mice http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/mice/&cl=3Dus,en Trackballs http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/trackballs/&cl=3Dus,en I've had a 'TrackMan Wheel' - normal USB version, but I have real big=20 problems with inflamation in the synovial sheath in my wrists so the=20 persisting use of the thumb for the ball isn't good for me, so I instead = bought a 'MarbleMouse' - both a 2-button and the new 4-button for use=20 with my other two older Macs. Also the Kensington 'Orbit' could be of interest, but it's a normal=20 [:-)] mouse with 'tail'... http://dk.kensington.com/html/12989.html Microsoft also makes some real good and very reliable mice and=20 keyboards. I have a 'Comfort curve semi-ergonomic keyboard for one of my = machines, and though I'm not a 'MS fan' I'm highly impressed of both=20 comfort and quality. http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/ProductList.aspx?Type=3D= Mouse Someone here in Denmark has just asked if the new Genius Traveller 515=20 Laser lasermouse would be compatible with Mac OS X, but i sure don't=20 know. If it is, that one might be a real alternative with it's many=20 features... - But looking at some of their models could lead one to=20 think that the MS mice are Genius..-) http://www.geniusmouse.co.uk/product/231/Genius_Traveler_515_Laser_USB.ht= ml cheers, Erik Richard --=20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rgds. Gr=C3=BC=C3=9Fe, Mvh. Erik Richard S=C3=B8rensen, Member of ADC <mac-man_NOSP@M_stofanet.dk> <http://www.nisus.com> NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Textprocessing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In article <66n9scF2lbmo1U1@mid.individual.net>, Steve Hodgson <hamrun@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2008-04-16 22:20:20 +0100, Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> said: > > > In article <66n54vF2lr3seU2@mid.individual.net>, > > Steve Hodgson <hamrun@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Does anyone use one of these mobile bluetooth mice? Can you confirm > >> whether it is necessary to uninstall Kensington Mouseworks before the > >> mouse can be used? > > > > Don't know about the software exactly; but in case you haven't purchased > > one yet, a salesman at a MicroCenter Mac store-in-a-store told me that > > the mice's Bluetooth connection was so unstable that he had removed > > several of them from his display Macs because the Kensington mice made > > the Macs look bad. > > That's good to know in advance. It seems hard to find a Bluetooth (i.e. > no dongle required) mouse for use with a MacBook (or Pro). The Mighty > Mouse is ok-ish but I would rather have real buttons and a bigger > trackball or scrollwheel. > > All alternative recommendations welcome. While my Kensington (Ci20) isn't a bluetooth model, it and Mouseworks perform flawlessly in Leopard for me. I hate it when I have to use my daughter's Mighty Mouse. Comparing the two, I'd give the Kensington a 9 and the MM a 5 on a 1 to 10 scale. Five year warranty too. Of course that doesn't help with your bluetooth problem. But I just wanted to point out that Kensington does make some good mice.

In message <4806819c$0$4454$ba624c82@nntp02.dk.telia.net> Erik <NOSPAM@NOSPAM.dk> wrote: > Trackballs > http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/trackballs/&cl=us,en None of these are BT. (and only one of the mice, afaict, is BT) -- "I don't care if Bill Gates is the world's biggest philanthropist. The pain he has inflicted on the world in the past 20 years through lousy products easily outweighs any good he has done.... Apple is as arrogant as Microsoft but at least its stuff works as advertised" -- Graem Philipson