On Tuesday 15 January 2002 11:16 pm, you wrote: > At 08:08 PM 1/15/2002 -0500, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > >On Tuesday 15 January 2002 07:03 pm, you wrote: > > > On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 18:29, J. Craig Woods wrote: > > > > After decades of computer work, I am still unsure of why I would need > > > > a wheel or middle button. Does this kind of junk really do something > > > > useful? > > > > > > Very. For scrolling, especially. > > > > > > Once I started using one, I didn't want to go back to non-wheeled. > > > >Not only is a wheel mouse a great convenience (especially when scrolling > >through great long bottom-posted e-mails :^) ), I have found that it > >reduces the pain from tendons inflamed by too many years of doing this > > kind of stuff and a ton of pencil pushing. By alternating between the > > wheel, scroll bars and cursor keys during my computer sessions, I take a > > lot less ibuprofen. Beer consumption, however, remains essentially > > constant. Regards, > >Carroll > > You guys have given some great input on this thread. Hell, I am convinced! > At this point, I am not sure how I have made it without a mouse wheel... > > Thanks, > > J. Craig Woods > UNIX/NT SA > -Art is the illusion of spontaneity-
Well, Linux is about choices. -- cmg
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