Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:04:29 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@people.tecnik93.com> Cc: David Scheidt <dmschei@attglobal.net> Subject: Re: 3 button mouse Message-ID: <20050228233429.GN73162@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20050301012416.45ac6f11@it.buh.tecnik93.com> References: <4223788C.9060908@attglobal.net> <86hdjw1hfb.fsf@xps.des.no> <20050228223126.GL73162@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20050301012416.45ac6f11@it.buh.tecnik93.com>
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--citGix+cyBYE+lqp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday, 1 March 2005 at 1:24:16 +0200, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: > On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 09:01:26 +1030 > Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >> On Monday, 28 February 2005 at 22:52:08 +0100, Dag-Erling Smrgrav wrote: >>> David Scheidt <dmschei@attglobal.net> writes: >>>> I need a three button mouse. Just three buttons, no wheel, no bells, >>>> no whistles. I can't find one, as everything has a silly wheel. I'm >>>> not picky about interface (PS/2, USB, serial, or Bluetooth will work), >>>> or balls v. optical. Does anyone still sell these things? >>> >>> what do you have against mouse wheels? they are very useful in X, >>> and also function as a middle button. >> >> Let me count the ways... >> >> 1. Few FreeBSD applications support the wheel out of the box, so it's >> not much use. > > The second wheel in Opera and Sylpheed-claws doesn't work, but in KDE > apps it does. Getting a browser that works is bad enough without having to limit yourself to those browsers that support mouse wheels. I can barely find any browser that is usable. I don't want to restrict my choice further. >> 2. Setup is non-trivial. Every mouse seems to have its own protocol, >> and I have a number here which I can't enable. > > I guess you don't use cheaper models :) this seem to be easier to > setup this days. I use very cheap mice. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --citGix+cyBYE+lqp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCI6qFIubykFB6QiMRAmZZAJ49KGfIUcOncTz+EdKH2lWvQ0lLPwCfbrvY TH/Wf0tZvDy7s2zt8iyxZWw= =2dFp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --citGix+cyBYE+lqp--
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