[Ti] Powermate

[Christopher Owens]

OMG are you people just lazy?

On Monday, December 23, 2002, at 12:08  AM, Loren Schooley wrote:

> On 12/22/02 10:37 PM, "Bill White" <billwhite at mac.com> wrote:
>
>>>> What can you do with it?
>>>>
>>> http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/index.html
>>
>> Yes, but what about real world uses? I'm an AppleScripter and to 
>> advertise
>> AppleScript I could send you to http://www.apple.com/applescript
>>
>> And, from that page I could say: "AppleScript provides shortcuts for 
>> complex
>> tasks..."
>>
>> Or I could tell you how AppleScript does real work for me on a daily 
>> basis.
>>
>> I'd like to see some personalized uses for a PowerMate. I want one 
>> really
>> badly, but can't justify it on manufacturer hype alone.
>>
>> Bill
>
> I can't describe it any better than the web site can. Just read about 
> it and
> then use your own imagination.
>
> You have this aesthetically pleasing knob and can program specific 
> keyboard
> strokes to each application, or globally. For instance, when Entourage 
> is
> open, I just walk by and tap on the machined knob and my mail is 
> checked.
>
> When Explorer is open I use it as a third mouse button. Much easier on 
> your
> hand than a mouse wheel. Of course volume and mute without getting on 
> the
> keyboard. You can program each program for the button custom. iTunes, 
> Final
> Cut, iMovie, etc.
>
> In Explorer you push and turn the knob and it flips through your web 
> pages.
> It looks very slick and matches the Ti. I got mine for $35 on ebaY. A 
> cool
> but quite useful gizmotic devise. These are only a couple examples of 
> the
> dozens of tweaks you can add for your own specs and needs.
>
>
>
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