Re: Accesibility issues (Was: Re: [Nautilus-list] Feature request: mouse gestures in Nautilus)

[Daryl Pawluk <root daryl pawluk lan>]

Simos Xenitellis wrote:

> On Mon, 7 May 2001, Daryl Pawluk wrote:
>
> > while we're on this topic, there is another feature that i think would
> > be useful, and that is a lock button on trackballs. some of the Logitech
> > TrackMan series have an additional button that under windows can be a
> > lock button for draging without holding down a button which on some
> > trackballs requires two hands, one to move the ball, one to hold down
> > the button. this could also help the physically impaired on mice as
> > well. does anyone know if a mouse/trackball button can be made sticky
> > under X mouse support? by sticky i mean one click for down a second
> > click for up. this would be one way to implement drag-lock, except the
> > button would have to be interpreted as button 1 or at least have the
> > same function as button 1. lack of this capability is what is keeping
> > one physically impaired person that i know of from switching from
> > windows to linux. there must be others.
>
>
> For this accesibility request, I believe that you will find appropriate
> information at these pages:
>
> http://slappy.cs.uiuc.edu/fall98/Linux/
>
> and
>
> http://reality.sgi.com/rcu/accessx/SGIaccessx.html
>
> simos
it appears that AccessX only allows you to modify keyboard behaviour 
using X's keyboard extentions. the mouse is mapped into the keypad. this 
is not what i'm looking for. in any case although accessibility is an 
issue, i'm thinking in the more general case of trackballs for anybody's 
use. the lock button on some trackballs is not an option. you really do 
have to use two hands to drap without it. one particular example is the 
logitech TrackMan Live, which is a very handy device for use with a 
computer connected to a large screen tv. i've tried posting remarks 
about this on the X developer mailing list but have received no 
responses at all. if anyone has any additional information on this topic 
i would sure appreciate hearing about it.

thanks,
daryl