From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) From: Nemo In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 12:15:49 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <3FD7590F-FF7B-4F7E-91BD-80779CAC866C@gmail.com> References: <51D363FA.2010509@gmail.com> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] How useful is a scroll wheel? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6a8fd00e-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Jul 8, 2013, at 12:09 PM, "Devon H. O'Dell" = wrote: > Although I spend a large part of my time on a Mac laptop, I'm a little > puzzled at how or why one would use two hands with the trackpad > doohickey. I use one pad|mouse combined with Fn keys defined as mouse buttons (with chording). This works only on Plan 9, not on plan9ports, but, I found it = very very convenient. I usually end up with one hand in the mouse plus the left = hand on Fns, when not in typing mode. I guess, regarding usability, that using an external pad could be as = convenient.