From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <51D363FA.2010509@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 11:57:11 +0200 Message-ID: From: "Peter A. Cejchan" To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e01293f867c193504e0fd1106 Subject: Re: [9fans] How useful is a scroll wheel? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6a7e34d4-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --089e01293f867c193504e0fd1106 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I have ThinkPad T23 and the stick works with native Plan 9... ++pac On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Joseph Xu wrote: > 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 > > --089e01293f867c193504e0fd1106 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I have ThinkPad T23 and the stick works with native P= lan 9...
++pac


On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Joseph Xu <josephzxu= @gmail.com> wrote:
I usually just lurk here, but I didn't w= ant 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 f= inger
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<= br> 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


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