my new toy

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_keene
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my new toy

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i just received my newest toy. the alphagrip. check it out at alphagrips.com

its a little hard to get used to. i am backspacing a lot.

once I get past this learning curve i'm sure it'll kick major ass
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_skippy the dead
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Re: my new toy

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keene wrote:I just received my newest toy. the alphagrip. check it out at alphagrips.com

its a little hard to get used to. I am backspacing a lot.

once I get past this learning curve I'm sure it'll kick major ass


Now THAT is funky. I can't tell - do the usual fingers hit the usual keys in that configuration?
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_Dr. Shades
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Post by _Dr. Shades »

WTF??

How the heck are you supposed to know which keys correspond to which letters?
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_moksha
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Post by _moksha »

For those raised on TV game controllers, this seems a natural.
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Post by _Gazelam »

Image

My brain hurts just looking at it.
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_keene
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Post by _keene »

I took it one step further -- I attached a gyro mouse, so instead of the trackball, all I have to do is move the controller, wii style.

Still can't type very fast yet. The problem is all the symbols I use in programming, they're a bit harder to get to.
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_msnobody
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Post by _msnobody »

So, is this like a thumb thing that might be good to use when my mouse clicking index finger stiffens?
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_Jersey Girl
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Post by _Jersey Girl »

I don't even understand what this is or why we want it.

Anyone know?
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