On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 01:09:25AM +0000, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Sam Ewalt wrote:
> I sometimes need to use a Window$ browser to do web sites that are > infested with JavaScript. Now that my built-in pointing device on I think most windows browsers are able to be used with keyboard only javascript may make things harder, but most of the stuff should work... Even with IE, basic functionality is there with no mouse, but Mozilla is miles ahead, the type-ahead find of new versions rocks. You can just start typing text, and the cursor jumps to nearest link that matches, or if so configured even into non-link text, doesn't sound very useful at first, but after you get used to it, it's just amazing. Not only does it beat navigating all links one by one with tab, but most of the time it's easier than using mouse as well. > Window$ because Window$ wants you to use the point-and-click GUI to > remove old hardware and to find new hardware and to install new hardware. > I can't point-and-click if my mouse is running wild and out of control. If the mouse is only "running wild" in the sense that cursor moves, it's possible to change windows with alt-tab, and inside window navigate widgets with tab, enter and space, rather easy to install drivers that way. If the mouse is also automagically pressing it's buttons, then that's gonna make matters difficult... > There is probably a much easier way of doing these things simply by > editing some Window$ start-up files while under DOS, and before going > into Window$. Windows 95+ stores it's settings mostly on registry, don't know whether or not there are DOS applications for modifying that, but it's binary, so nothing as easy as modifying something with a text editor a'la linux or windozes when all was still in .ini files. For the museum versions, I think win3.x mouse settings can be modified from dos based setup program... not sure, though, it's been a while and can't remember everything.
