>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. I have installed USB Overdrive <http://www.usboverdrive.com> >>instead of >>the >>Logitech mouse software and all buttons work including the scroll wheel. >>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 >>USB Overdrive, one for scaling in QuarkXPress (CMD-OPT-SHFT-<), and >>the other >>for >>opening the Chooser (we use an older Laserwriter 8.3.3 so no >>switching in the >>apps >>itself). I must admit that although it is a M$ mouse I really like >>this one >>and >>already miss those two extra buttons @ home :) I've bored the pants (UK: underpants) off the list on more than one occasion- when I was trying to find a decent, plain, three-button USB mouse. I gave up and got a Logitech Optical Wheel Mouse (Metallic dark blue- very handsome). This is on a beige G3 w/ USB card, btw. Logitech's driver software is VERY limited. USB Overdrive is excellent. Main issue is a CAD package called Microstation, on which I make a living, which is a seriously legacy product on the Mac since they stopped developing the Mac version a couple of years ago. Simply put it functions on three inputs, Tentative, Accept, and Reject, and traditionally one used CTRL and ALT keys with the mouse button to acheive this. Anyway, the Logitech has the scroll wheel placed far down enough to use it realistically as a middle button. It seems only fractionally less responsive than a Windows setup which has many mouse buttons as a native function, and the scrolly button about which I was once very dismissive is an excellent gadget. Best of all, it works on a plain wood desk surface (sans mouse-mat), being optical and is ambidextrous as well, which as a leftie-mouser is the big selling point. I'd recommend it. M. -- 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>
