From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Cross Message-Id: <200102060540.AAA22075@augusta.math.psu.edu> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] BTC 5100 keyboards In-Reply-To: <053601c08fc4$8c6d28e0$0ab9c6d4@cybercable.fr> References: <200102052105.f15L54i01213@orthanc.ab.ca> Cc: Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 00:40:12 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5af90516-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 In article <053601c08fc4$8c6d28e0$0ab9c6d4@cybercable.fr> you write: >> I'm a hardware engineer. The middle button can be fixed in software. > >i have sufficient fingers to manipulate three buttons. >the middle button can be fixed in hardware. Yeah. Also, for those of us who have fallen enough times that our hands don't work all that well anymore, the chording required to make a 2 button mouse work like a 3 button mouse is pretty uncomfortable. Man, my skateboard used to be pretty evil to me when I was younger. - Dan C.