Miche, as far as the puck goes, it's still plugged into the right side of the keyboard and has been in continuous use for six years with. Removing the occasion lint ball keeps it rolling along just fine.
Thanks! Chris
On 12 Sep 2004, at 12:51 pm, vwmail wrote:
I broke my right arm the other day so I am having to make some adjustments in many areas.
I plugged an Apple Pro mouse into the left USB port on the keyboard to make things a little easier but that brings up a question about mouse clicks. But first I should say that I am using a 233 rev B iMac.
I thought that a " click and a half " of the mouse button on a folder, icon, or window would open the contextual menu the same way a control+click does. Maybe I am crazy or maybe it was a 8.x thing. Anybody have a clue? I would like to avoid buying a two button mouse but if I have to what would work with my setup? Hmmm, now that I think about it a scroll wheel would be nice :)
Click-and-a-half opens a spring-loaded folder in OS 8/9. If (as I guess) you are using OS 9, you can make the modifier keys "sticky" using the Easy Access control panel. You'll find this in CD Extras on your OS 9 disc.
A two-button mouse probably would make life a lot easier while your arm heals, and any bog-standard mouse will do if all you want is a second button: OS 9 will treat a right-click as a control-click. I don't think it will recognise extra buttons and scrolling unless the mouse is supplied with software.
I'm one of the few people who liked the reviled puck-mouse, and I used it happily for years, but after using a scroll-wheel mouse on a work computer, I got one for the iMac and I wouldn't go back. Even with two working arms, right-clicking for a contextual menu is easier and faster than reaching for the control key, since the latter usually involves setting down the coffee/beer/pizza/etc first :-).
Miche.
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