From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <51D363FA.2010509@gmail.com> References: <51D363FA.2010509@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 00:51:15 -0400 Message-ID: From: Joseph Xu 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: 6a257ec0-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 I usually just lurk here, but I didn't want anybody else to go through 3 different mice like I did (HP 3 button mouse, contour mouse, evoluent mouse) before settling on the lenovo scrollpoint mouse. IMHO it's the best option that's abundantly available, reasonably priced, and comfortable to use. It has a real middle button and a scroll "stick" instead of a wheel. You can rest the tip of your middle finger over the third button and manipulate the stick with your finger joint, allowing you to middle click and scroll without repositioning your finger. Its biggest drawback is the lack of driver support for the scroll stick on any OS except Windows. In linux and freebsd, the scroll stick is sensitive to the point of being unusable. I don't know how it behaves in native plan 9. The only reason I'm happy with it is because I run plan9port in a linux VM with a Windows host, so the scroll events are processed by the host. Joseph