Re: question about RMB

[Ali Abdin <ALIABDIN aucegypt edu>]

On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Arlo Rose wrote:

> > I think that the suggestion for the middle button is "Context click", but I'm
> > not sure. Could someone give me three examples of how the three separate mouse
> > buttons would be used in this convention? And again, sorry for continuing to
> > be dense, but whatever we call the buttons, don't we still have the same
> > confusion when you reverse the handedness polarity?
> 
> Click - The normal click you do with a mouse
> 
> Context Click - The click that bring up the contextual menu, far right for
> right handers, far left for left handers, also know as Mouse button three.
> 
> Middle click - This is the middle button for either right or left handed
> users.
> 
> Hope this clears things up. :-)

I like Arlo's idea. Although when I first saw the term 'Context Click' 
(before this discussion) I didn't really know what it meant until I 
thought about the definition of context (which some non-native speakers 
may not know).