Well, a couple of things about this. On my Mac at least, holding the button down for a set period in some programs like browsers where I work a lot (1 sec or whatever - this is settable) brings up the contextual menu. As for reaching over to the keyboard, I don't know what your other hand is doing Ray, but mine is usually hovering about the keyboard anyways .... And about big deals, I must say that my original question was to check with you folk if an Apple optical would work fine on my PCI setups, but most folk seem to have taken the opportunity to get into the pros and cons of multiple buttons and scroll wheels. Frankly, I like all this talk. I have a friend around the corner (on a good Windows PC) who has been extolling the virtues of multi-button, scroll-wheel, breakfast-making mice to me for years... So it is interesting to see Mac folk doing same.
But hey! I am moving light years to an optical from my old blocky SE ones I still use on my 7600 and 7300. I concede this, that probably some people work faster and more efficiently with multi-mighty-mice. And best of luck to them. > Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 21:58:33 -0400 > From: Ray Fryer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Optical mouse for PCI mac. > > At 11:16 AM +1000 9/8/03, David Elmo wrote: >> For me, I am happy to hold a one button mouse ... The idea of a >> scroll wheel actually horrifies me. My poor tendons need no more > > I just don't understand all this big deal about a 2 button mouse. > I'm sure a musician has to use more than the skills it requires to do > a 2 button mouse. Why reach over to the keyboard to hit the control > key when a simple right click will do the same thing? That's all the > right button does on a Mac; it hits the control key. The scroll wheel > probably isn't big deal either way. I use it sometimes but generally > forget to use it. Not to mention, that with a 2 button mouse, you > don't have to use the right click if you feel inclined to reach over > to the control key. But to each his own. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
