Re: Random thought...

[Stephan Pfab <pfab thales mathematik uni-ulm de>]

   From: "Dan \"Effugas\" Kaminsky" <effugas@best.com>

   -----Original Message-----
   From: Tom Vogt <tom@lemuria.org>
   To: gnome-gui-list@gnome.org <gnome-gui-list@gnome.org>
   Date: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 3:20 AM
   Subject: Re: Random thought...


   >just two comments: a) you CAN assume everyone has at least 3 buttons. for
   >those that don't, there's always emulation in xfree86.


   OK, remember our target audience, I'd say 5-10% have three button mouses...

   This means that we're designing for the emu people.  So--is it usable to
   "chord" rightclick-then-leftclick?  Maybe.  This still isn't assuming 3
   buttons...cuz we can't assume leftclick-then-middleclick and
   rightclick-then-middleclick exist.

I would think the numbers a more like 80% 3 buttons.
I like the 8 way scrolling idea a lot (see old thread).
The idea put scrolling on middle button drag.
Which means that:
  a) scrolling is possible with the scroll bars or the middle button
  b) paste (std for X) is on middle button click

So we do not take anything away from 2 button people just add 
nice features for 3 button owners.

   >b) some apps already put the middle mouse button to work. netscape, for
   >instance.
   >


Stephan

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