Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
>
> Not a bad idea, but most mice out there still have only one or two buttons.
That was the doing of Bill Gates.
> While three-button mice are cheap nowadays, many people will not switch to
> Linux if they have to buy a new piece of hardware, no matter how cheap it is.
If the folks at IBM hadn't been too stupid to throw a 3 button mouse
in the box, os2 might still be a player. I have seen them sell at
retail for $2.00. Besides, they can use alt keys instead, which is
*very* bad ergonomics, as enlightenment offers instead of 7 buttons.
The thing has hurt linux already, and continues to do so.
> (it's psychological). Also, new users of Linux can become easily confused by
> too many buttons.
Aha!
Now you admit that windows users have bad habits!
And that they are so easily confused that they need wheels instead
of buttons?
> > > > > > Xwindows Mouse Installation Wiz
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Button 1 [add] list of functions
> > > > > > Button 2 [remove] list of functions
> > > > > > Button 3 or 1+2 list of functions
> > > > > > Button 4 1+2 or a-1 list of functions
> > > > > > Button 5 1+3 or a-2 list of functions
> > > > > > Button 6 2+3 or a-1+2 list of functions
> > > > > > Button 7 1+2+3 or doubleclick 1 list of functions
> > > > > > list of functions
> > > > > > list of functions
> > > > > > etc etc etc......
> > > > > >
> > > > > > He should be able to get to this by entering "xmouse" at
> > > > > > a command prompt. This is mouse0. Mouse1 should be also
> > > > > > configurable, bearing in mind that you can't have two
> > > > > > *separate* ps2 mice, tho I understand that you can hook up
> > > > > > 2 and use them. The buttons would share. They're just
> > > > > > switches, after all. (So is a computer :-))
> > > > > > Some of the functions need dialogs for pressure, axis, etc.
> > > > > > We don't have this because W$ users have bad habits, and they
> > > > > > continue to have a bad influence.
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