I want a foot mouse
May. 11th, 2004 09:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
celticdragonflyOkay, I want a hands-free mouse, something foot operated. Something to let me read webpages while I have a baby or two in my lap, and would also let me knit while reading knit blogs!
I actually started searching for such a thing yesterday.
I found this. Ow. Not cheap. $275. I do not think![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
selenite is going to buy this for me.
Does anybody know of other alternatives? Cheaper ones?
And has anybody ever used such a thing?
I do worry some of the havoc that kids could wreak with it. But then these days, Maggie works on wreaking havoc with the regular mouse, anyway. The other concern that I have is that I look at the picture and I suspect the cables are short, and they're assuming the computer is right there on the floor next to where the foot-mouse would be. As opposed to our setup, where the computer is up on the kitchen counter, mostly out of the reach of Maggie, and certainly all the pointy port bits in the back are out of her reach.
I actually started searching for such a thing yesterday.
I found this. Ow. Not cheap. $275. I do not think
selenite is going to buy this for me.Does anybody know of other alternatives? Cheaper ones?
And has anybody ever used such a thing?
I do worry some of the havoc that kids could wreak with it. But then these days, Maggie works on wreaking havoc with the regular mouse, anyway. The other concern that I have is that I look at the picture and I suspect the cables are short, and they're assuming the computer is right there on the floor next to where the foot-mouse would be. As opposed to our setup, where the computer is up on the kitchen counter, mostly out of the reach of Maggie, and certainly all the pointy port bits in the back are out of her reach.