From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20130708141956.GB44745@intma.in> References: <51D363FA.2010509@gmail.com> <20130708141956.GB44745@intma.in> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 15:12:19 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Devon H. O'Dell" To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] How useful is a scroll wheel? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6b0553b0-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 2013/7/8 Kurt H Maier : > On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 06:09:14AM -0400, 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 just have the trackpad built-in -- I don't have the >> wireless trackpad -- but I'm curious as to how / why you use this, and >> how two hands make it more interesting than what one might do with >> multitouch. > > They're discussing using it in addition to a fully-functional mouse, > rather than instead of a fully-functional mouse. I also have a fully functional mouse, so I fail to see how this is answering anything about my question, which is what Rob is doing with it. Because it sounds interesting and I'm apparently not smart enough to infer. > khm >