Re: [9fans] color of window border

[Sam <sah@softcardsystems.com>]

Joel said:
> Until some function is applied to the thumb button (unlikely, except on
> private modifications - 3 button mice are a decent standard to adhere
> to, and *no one* wants standard "features" only accessible to owners of
> special hardware), why not assign the "middle button" function to the
> thumb button? Or maybe even let the thumb-button be the "left" button,
> and have the left become the "middle" ?

I agree that mouse specific features would be irritating.  I've been
trying to think of ways to make the basic set of rio tasks easier
with a thumb button.  Just because we can use thumb chords to
mimic common tasks without going to the menus (move, resize, new)
doesn't mean the menus have to go away.

Richard said:
> Unfortunately, I have never found a good use for the thumb button.  I
> like your chording-for-window-management idea (it has occurred to me
> before), but the payoff has never seemed worth the effort: even if I
> taught the mouse driver and the window manager to do the right things,
> it still wouldn't work over vnc.

Similar point -- the menus would still be accessible over vnc.

Sam