Re: Wheeled Mouse

[Reklaw <adam localhost localdomain>]

On Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 12:13:09PM +0200, Niclas Anderberg wrote:
> > >ARRRRRGH I hate wheeled mice. They are a fine
> > >example of calling limited functionaly a "Feature"
> 
> hmm.. please explain.. how can an additional mousewheel
> on your mouse become limited functionality?

A wheel lets you scroll up and down. The middle button in a "scroll mode"
would let you scroll up, down, left, right, and diagonally.


> 
> KDE has only support for wheeled mice through a hack
> (atleast last i check), i.e. no real support. And this is
> not catch up by any means, it's about supporting hardware.
> Logitech has mices with wheels also, and logitech has to
> be the defacto linux mouse.

Sorry, It was a rant. I'm sick of seeing those three little letters on a GNOME
list.




> 
> For more information see:
> 
> http://www.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/
> 
> > >Clicking the middle button
> > >would put a bulls-eye anorched in clicked spot on the screen to let
> > >you know that you were in scroll mode.
> > >Moving the mouse away from the bulls-eye would change
> > >the cursor into one of eight directional arrows. Move
> > >a little more and the control under the bulls-eye
> > >would begin scrolling in the direction indictated.
> > >Move farther, scroll faster. click any button to end
> > >scroll mode.
> 
Want a taste of eight-way scrolling, use the gimp. Get scrollbars on your pic
a drag the middle(2nd) button to scroll around the picture. It is so much more
useful a wheel. 
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 Reklaw