Re: Activate Scroll Key - More on mice/clicks/scrolls...

[Tim Moore <tmoore tembel org>]

On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Dan "Effugas" Kaminsky wrote:
> >The user could then bind these to the buttons of his liking.... During
> >install of the app or the first use of an app a user would get some message
> >that he/she might want to change some mouse bindings...
> 
> 
> I could see it being a dangerous thing if applications can't presume the
> user has access to a context menu.  What if a user accidentally removes the
> ability for himself to click?
> 
> Yes, this contradicts my own arguments.  It's a worry.

Easy enough. Don't let the user unassign the primary button. They can
*re*assign it (i.e., to a different button) but not *un*assign it (i.e.,
remove it from all the buttons).

Perhaps also with the context-menu button (mouse-3).

Tim Moore