From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] managing windows in rio Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:17:51 -0500 From: john@csplan9.rit.edu In-Reply-To: <54b68d85f3669910c7a4080971cd8016@quintile.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 4b854680-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 >> I've quit using p9p rio... to use multiple desktops well, you need a scroll >> wheel, but using a scroll wheel for midclick is terrible. Now, I use a real >> 3 button mouse and stumpwm on Linux. > > this _might_ appeal, but it might not. > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-ThinkPlus-Optical-3-Button-ScrollPoint/dp/B00007DTC6 > > -Steve We have some Lenovo 3-button/scrollpoint type mice here... the problem is that since the scroller isn't really a wheel, more of a nub you push, it's difficult to move only one desktop; as with the Mighty Mouse, it tends to skip through several desktops. I'm sticking to my Logitech 3-button PS/2 mouse for now; that's the mouse I always suggest to new Plan 9 users. I have about 5 of them. John