I am a long time tablet user and absolutely love it. I have constructed a series of small, self-contained control surfaces which have intergrated Wacom tablets for more comfortable, deskless use. These allow me to work very long, navigation-intensive sessions with zero muscle fatigue/carpal irritation. As for configuration, I find it essential to use "mouse mode" which does not follow absolute mapping. This allows for smaller muscle movements to more quickly traverse equivilent screen distances. The only downside I find to using tablets is that one most put down the pen for most non-navigation activities, such as playing the keyboard or knob/fader manipulation. It is possible to type with the pen in your fingers, but the ergonomic sensibilty of doing this for extended periods is questionable... Cheers, Alex Aliferis

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, alex aliferis <alexwaliferis@...> wrote: > > I am a long time tablet user and absolutely love it. I have constructed a series of small, self-contained control surfaces which have intergrated Wacom tablets for more comfortable, deskless use. These allow me to work very long, navigation-intensive sessions with zero muscle fatigue/carpal irritation. Many thanks Alex. I have a Wacom Intuos3 A5 Wide tablet on it's way. The prospect of sudden efficiency drop as I get used to using it fills me with dread, but I'm sure long-term, this makes the most sense. I'll keep a mouse on standby as well. Thanks again Jules

Just wanted to report back after a couple of days of tablet use, and again thank those that responded and advised. I've been working with the Intuos3 A5 Wide tablet, and although it's going to take a while for me to become as efficient as I was with a mouse, I think this way of working has real potential. I'm still experimenting with absolute/relative mode, but overall seem to find relative (mouse) mode easier for getting around screen real-estate. I do find that in this mode you have to experiment with speed/acceleration settings a fair bit to feel comfortable, and I'm not sure I've quite nailed it yet. Can I just ask the following: 1. What are other tablet users using the pen buttons for? Right click seems an obvious contender, to bring up the tool float. Aside form double-click, is there an obvious choice for the second button? 2. For some reason I'm finding horizontal scrolling quite awkward. In absolute mode it feels unnatural to be working right at the edge of the tablet for such a common action, and in relative mode - I dunno, it just feels awkward. Is there any way of assigning a Logic Key Command to horizontal scrolling, and then assigning that command to two of the tablet buttons perhaps...? Thanks again for all the help. Jules