From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:12:32 +1800 From: "Noah Diewald" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Mouse advice for Acme In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Topicbox-Message-UUID: 67ff6566-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 How does the optical sun type 7 mouse fit these requirements? I can't tell from the pictures whether the third mouse button is separate from the wheel or not. The description is 3 buttons "with" scroll wheel. That sounds like there are three real buttons but the pictures I've seen look like it is actually 2 buttons plus a middle wheel, like most mice. On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 5:48 AM, Rodrigo Miranda wrote: > Hi there, > > I got tired of getting my mouse to be a good citizen when using Acme > (both Plan 9 and ACME-SAC on OS X), it is not really working. The > problem is that its mouse wheel is a pain to use as a button, and this > makes chording and middle-button use very annoying. > > So I would like to get me a new mouse, and I would like your advice: > > - It has to work on Mac OS X > - It has to be optical (preferrably laser) based tracking > - It has to have a USB or (preferrably) radio interface (bluetooth > would be great). > - It has to be a useable scrolling wheel > - All buttons must be clicked confortably (if the wheel is one of the > buttons it would be nice for it not to scroll when one is trying to > click). > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks > > Rodrigo >