Re: Pan by holding down scroll button already works (Was: Zoom patch)

["Phillip Neiswanger" <sigsegv0 gmail com>]

On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:31:49 -0600, Sameer Sahasrabuddhe  
<sameerds gmail com> wrote:

> On 9/3/08, Christian RidderstrÃm <christian ridderstrom gmail com> wrote:
>
> > That's what I've been using, but the above is stone age in terms
> > of useability compared to click'n'drag to pan...
>
> Philip,
>
> For the sake of clarity, can you please explain what "click and drag"
> means to you? From some of your posts, it seems you have never seen a
> scroll wheel on a  mouse, the one that also doubles as a middle
> button. Most people don't use a trackball, and so dragging means
> actually dragging the mouse on the surface (which where the action got
> its name).

That's exactly what I mean. Press and hold a button, then move the mouse.  
With a trackball I press and hold a button, then roll the ball.

Actually, I have used a mouse with a scroll wheel. While working with the  
marketing department I actually got tasked to work on some marketing  
drawings using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and another program I can't  
remember at the moment. Anyway, one day the boss was looking over my  
should and said: What are you doing grabbing the scroll bar phil? Why  
don't you use the scroll wheel? Oh!? Is that what that's for? I replied.  
Now if that doesn't make you laugh or groan at me, I don't know what will.  
:-)
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phil