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Re: Attn: Marek

From	owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Attn: Marek
Date	2017-04-10 20:11 +0000
Organization	O.W.L.
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Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:
> On 2017-04-10, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>> I know you love gadgets and have money to throw around, so how
>> about giving this a Linux review:
>>
>> http://www.3dconnexion.com/products/cadmouse
>>
>> 99 bucks, but has dedicated middle button separate from scroll wheel.
>> (I'm starting to get a lot of double-pasting with my logitech).
>>
>> This says it's recognized as a standard mouse and scroll wheel
>> and middle button work as expected:
>>
>> https://www.3dconnexion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=11161
>>
>> This provides better user config options:
>>
>> https://github.com/lachs0r/cadmousectl
> 
> I'd be interested if it didn't have the side buttons. I avoid those like
> the plague. Those forward / back buttons always get hit by accident and
> browsers then change the site and/or page I am on and tend to drive me
> crazy. Good idea about have a real third button and a scroll wheel, but
> they need to lose the extra stupid buttons that serve no purpose. It
> should have three buttons and the scroll wheel. Maybe the scroll wheel
> is what should be on the side. And have three normal sized buttons on
> top. 
> 

Those side buttons can surely be disabled though, or they might not
even work under Linux without a little nudging.  Do you know of another
mouse with 3 buttons + wheel?

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Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-10 19:42 +0000
  Re: Attn: Marek Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-10 14:53 -0500
    Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-10 12:59 -0700
    Re: Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-10 20:11 +0000
      Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-10 13:25 -0700
      Re: Attn: Marek Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-10 16:06 -0500
        Re: Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-10 22:28 +0000
          Re: Attn: Marek Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-10 17:50 -0500
            Re: Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-10 22:59 +0000
              Re: Attn: Marek Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-10 18:41 -0500
                Re: Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-11 00:22 +0000
                Re: Attn: Marek Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-10 19:43 -0500
                Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-10 18:27 -0700
              Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-10 17:02 -0700
            Re: Attn: Marek Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-11 06:05 -0400
              Re: Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-11 13:27 +0000
                Re: Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-11 15:28 +0000
              Re: Attn: Marek Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-11 09:50 -0500
              Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-11 11:18 -0700
      Re: Attn: Marek Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-10 18:41 -0400
        Re: Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-10 23:00 +0000
          Re: Attn: Marek Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-11 06:02 -0400
            Re: Attn: Marek chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-11 06:40 -0500
              Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-11 11:18 -0700
            Re: Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-11 14:13 +0000
            Re: Attn: Marek Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-11 09:43 -0500
        Re: Attn: Marek vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2017-04-10 23:02 +0000
        Re: Attn: Marek flatfish+++ <flatfish@cutey.com> - 2017-04-10 22:29 -0400
          Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-10 19:42 -0700
          Re: Attn: Marek "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2017-04-11 09:20 +0000
            Re: Attn: Marek chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-11 06:46 -0500
              Re: Attn: Marek Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-11 09:16 -0400
            Re: Attn: Marek DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-11 09:50 -0400
              Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-11 11:16 -0700
  Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-10 12:56 -0700

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