Martin Spott wrote: > Ron Jensen wrote: >> On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 09:46 -0500, Josh Babcock wrote: > >>> If AC authors can't come up with a convention, we will be spending a lot >>> of time on the users list explaining how to use switches to new users. >> button 0 = Left button >> button 1 = Middle button >> button 2 = Right button? (can't use this, FGFS internal) >> button 3 = Mouse wheel forward >> button 4 = Mouse wheel back > > I'm _very_ pro a general convention on such a layout and I'd certainly > put such thing into The Manual. > >> Can we count on most people today having a wheel or at least three >> button mice? > > A layout that does not necessarily require a mouse wheel to fly the > aircraft would be nice. In my eyes the mouse wheel is the biggest enemy > of the third mouse button - which I use _very_ often. > > Martin.
Well, the proposed system has the buttons and the wheel doing the same duty, just one has a repeat, and one doesn't. So really no one will lose functionality by not having or using a wheel, they will just loose some potential convenience, which they probably don't want anyway :) Josh ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
