Pointing Device

[AQR8]

I need the collective advise of the community. My father is 80 and having some difficulty manipulating a standard mouse. I have it set to single click but still ends up with lots of icon copies etc on his desktop (he's a bit shakey). What kind of options are available for him? System settings I'm not aware of? Different mouse? Any/all suggestions would certainly be appreciated. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Axel]

http://www.logitech.com/us/trackballs/index.html

Have you tried a track-ball??

Also - have you tried simply changing the screen-resolution to the largest possible so that all of the icons are larger and easier to hit, so to speak.

Settings - control panel - mouse - change the settings here to slow down the speed and do some shadowing so the pointer leaves a trail. Also - make the pointer larger and solid for easy visibility as well

You might also look here for ideas http://www.dpi.org - I didn't find much, but only looked for a few moments.

Hope that helps

[AQR8]

I have talked to him about a track ball and I've tried a couple myself. I think the added stability of it being stationary would help. I have changed all the mentioned settings and gained about all the advantage available from there.

Thanks for the dpi link, I might post something there too. Thx Axel http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

AQR8

[AuraEdge]

In the display options, under apperance, you can make the icons and thier titles humoungous as you so choose.

[Ed_S]

I'm not sure if it's still available, but MicroSpeed's "PC Trac" trackball is great.
Large ball, large buttons, and third button that locks an item for dragging. Just click it & roll the ball w/o holding the button. A friend of mine who had severe carpal tunnel recommended it to me, it was the only one that was really usable for him. At the time, he could barely hold a pencil, yet used it while taking cadd engineering course, doing advanced precision work.

[Ed_S]

Found it!
http://www.microspeed.com/

(Now that was a toughie, wasn't it! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif )

[AQR8]

AuraEdge - I've tweaked the size already (that did help)

Ed_S - Thanks for the info, i'll check into it.

Thanks again to all and have a Merry Christmas http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif