on 15/10/01 8:27, Marc van Gemert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > B Yen wrote: > >> Do people get Logitech optical mouses for their G4s? (does the scroll-wheel >> work?). I've seen G4s, with regular "ball" mouses, I saw one made in China, >> it >> felt decent. > > Well, although it isn't an optical mouse I use a Logitech Cordless Wheel Mouse > @ home. <snip> > At work I use a M$ Intellimouse Optical, also with USB Overdrive, and all four > buttons and the scroll wheel work fine. I have programmed the two extra > buttons with <snip>
I just picked up the M$ optical scrolly-wheel mouse at Future Slop ($30 CDN and there's a $10 CDN rebate on the box ($5 US)) and am quite happy with it! It's hands down better than Apple's optical mouse (the few times I've used it it feels cheap and the click doesn't work to my liking plus with one button it's a one-trick pony). Of course, you'd have to experiment with it to see if you actually like its behaviour (& I suspect if you don't like the Logitech you probably won't like the M$ mouse either). OS X automagically (no more one-button mice <yeah>... & I've been a Mac user since the very beginning!!!) recognises the left & right buttons and the scroll wheel. It treats the scroll-wheel's click as a regular click (left button). In OS 9 all the buttons (2+1) function as a regular click and the scroll wheel does nothing. M$'s Intellipoint software supposedly (haven't installed it so don't know) allows you to programme the buttons but I don't really want to install any extra software in OS 9. OS 9.2.1 has already rendered by (yeah, I have a stubbed node ;) computer less stable than 9.1 so I don't want to add to the problems (Explorer 5.0 & the Finder have crashed in *weird* ways a few times on me whereas they were rock-solid stable under 9.1 & 9.0.4). L8r, Eric. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
