[muglo] Re: OS X Problem
- From: "Eric D" <hideme666@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:47:58 -0400
>Heck, they're cheap aren't they? And I have two or three of them kicking
>around that I've acquired somewhere - with new computers I suppose. I now
>use a Logitech and it gets to job done. Although I've sometimes wondered
>what the scroll wheel is for. jim
Scrolling ;-P
When your in a document that has scroll bars (vertical) you can use it to
scroll up and down. You can specify how fast the document scrolls with
'scrolling speed' in the Keyboard & Mouse preference pane.
Your scrolly wheel has a second function too: it functions as a "third"
mouse button when pressed. In Safari/FireFox/Camino the "middle button" (as
it's called) opens up a link in a new tab (just like command-click).
PS You can program the buttons to different things in Expose (except for the
"first" (or left) button).
For example, my (wireless) Logitech ($12 :-) has the standard left-right
buttons, a scroll wheel/scroll wheel button* + an additional button
conveniently located on the top of the mouse (small one). The 'additional
button' is set to show/hide Desktop using Expose when pressed -- a FANTASTIC
feature that every mouse should have (it's impossible to press this button
by accident and yet it's really easy to access).
*This particular scroll wheel ALSO has two extra "buttons" -- if you push
the wheel left or right you activate two more "clicks". I don't use those
two extra clicks because they're too easy to activate by accident when
you're scrolling or using the scroll button (middle click) (plus Mac OS X
has taken to ignoring one of the clicks... and I know it's not the mouse
that's defective... it's an OS X setting that's gone wonky).
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