Re: Wheeled Mouse

["Haukur Hreinsson" <hawk london is>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Trond Eivind Glomsrød <teg@pvv.ntnu.no>
To: gnome-list@gnome.org <gnome-list@gnome.org>
Date: 5. ágúst 1998 23:09
Subject: Re: Wheeled Mouse


>
>> For the last time, I agree we should the wheel. But support the middle as
>> an eight way scroller.
>
>Please don't. I'd expect the middle button to paste, if possible.
>
>> If the app only supports 2-way scrolling (like rxvt) then 8-way
>> would still work.
>
>I would be really confused if apps like rxvt started to scroll and
>paste didn't work.


It's fairly easy to distinguish between clicking and dragging. The middle
button could perform both tasks.