Re: FLASH: Javascript. For Ken?

[Paul Kilgour]

> *JavaScript Goodies* by Joe Burns and Andree Growney. Cheap and the 

> greatest. Teaches by tearing apart real code. The first half of the

> book (30 lessons), in slightly older form, is available free on the

> Web: http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/jsp/


I found it. It's excellent.


>>I'm thinking that maybe I

>>could use it instead of a mouse, as I get a touch of RSI. Is this possible,

>>or are they really not meant as a mouse substitute?

>

> All I know is that mine is. The pen sets in my mouth when I'm typing,

> so it's ultra-handy. If you're squeamish about salvia and such, just

> keep the pen holder left and front of the tablet, aimed *toward* the

> center of the tablet. Cool tool, and it becomes "transparent" very

> quickly. The mouse feels clunky and cumbersome and huge in comparison.


That's exactly what I wanted to hear:-)

>

>>BTW, I use a Mac G3. OS 8.5.1

>

> Why haven't you upgraded to OS 8.6? It's free, fer gosh' sakes!


Just haven't got round to it. I'm reasonably happy with 8.5.1, though I

occasionaly daydream about the stability of 7.5!!


What of OS 9? What can we expect from OS 10?

>

> And the usual advice: get a second (used) monitor, lotsa RAM (it

> seems to be dropping in price! macsales.com), take care of your

> System and Hard Drive: see Frederico's

> http://sciencequest.org/support/computers/mac/prevent.html .


I have 240mb RAM, which seems to be plenty. Photoshop runs like a dream. And

I do regular (once a week) clean outs with Norton.

>

Thanks for the advice Ken.


Regards,


Paul.


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