keyboard + mouse

Idea: I'd like to have such a keyboard, that I could press a new key
("MOUSE LOCK") near LEFT SHIFT, then the right-hand area (where
[J][K][L][;] lie) pops up a mouse. This mouse is previously hidden
(embedded) in the right-hand area. Now my right hand can use the mouse
at once, without having to move right some distance to fetch an
external mouse. I could also press the MOUSE LOCK key again to hide
the hovering mouse.

Any opinion?


Yao Ziyuan, First-Year Computer Science B.S. Student of Fudan
University
http://www.babelcode.org

therz no specific keyboard for it, ull need software for it.. search
for it under mouse/keyboard utils

(Booted Cat) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> Idea: I'd like to have such a keyboard, that I could press a new key
> ("MOUSE LOCK") near LEFT SHIFT, then the right-hand area (where
> [J][K][L][;] lie) pops up a mouse. This mouse is previously hidden
> (embedded) in the right-hand area. Now my right hand can use the mouse
> at once, without having to move right some distance to fetch an
> external mouse. I could also press the MOUSE LOCK key again to hide
> the hovering mouse.
>
> Any opinion?


Win98 contains this feature, using the keypad on the right. I think
its called mousekeys or something, and is turned off by a keypress of
your limited choice.

Check out disability options, I think thats where it is. Be sure to
set the speed and acceleration to max. Mousekeys is more cumbersome
than a proper mouse, but once you get the hang of it it saves a whole
lot of hand mileage, thus enabling more typing work to be carried out
per day.

I'm a tad fuzzy on some of the details, but thats about right.


Regards, NT