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Re: Another Preview Question

From Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Another Preview Question
Date 2013-11-29 18:24 +1300
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <291120131824509859%YourName@YourISP.com> (permalink)
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In article <1ld3som.a7ykf9do4d90N%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>, Jamie
Kahn Genet <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:

> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 2013-11-28, Jamie Kahn Genet <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
> > > Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> In article <1ld2enk.xfqdrga0d88yN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>, Jamie
> > >> Kahn Genet <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
> > >> > Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> > >> > > In article <l76jls$4u2$1@dont-email.me>, Király
> > >> > > <me@home.spamsucks.ca>
> > >> > > wrote:
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > In comp.sys.mac.system Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net>
> > >> > > > wrote:
> > >> > > > > Form and function climaxed at the Mighty Mouse.
> > >> > > > 
> > >> > > > That's not saying much. Apple's mouse offerings have always been
> > >> > > > rather awful.
> > >> > > 
> > >> > > The pea ball on the top of the Mighty Mouse might look stupid but it
> > >> > > allows me to scroll a doc in both directions while moving the mouse
> > >> > > around. Most handy for a window that's in the background while I work
> > >> > > on a foreground window - such as typing into it while being able to
> > >> > > scroll the other one without this focus follows mouse rubbish which
> > >> > > would prevent me from doing that.
> > >> > 
> > >> > It's less efficient (till the scroll ball gets clogged with dust,
> > >> > anyway), but my Logitech g500s' scrollwheel pivots from side to side to
> > >> > scroll horizontally, and never gets stuffed up by dust and debris.
> > >> 
> > >> I never came across anyone I work with with a Mighty Mouse that ever
> > >> had issues with the scrollball getting clogged up ... you should clean
> > >> your desk more often.   ;-)
> > >
> > > Happened to me, my mum, my nana (both pretty tidy folk), and numerous
> > > other users - in fact, without exception - every single mighty mouse
> > > user I personally know. So I'm fairly certain it's not just me and the
> > > dust bunnies that roam behind my equipment and under my desk.
> > 
> > Mine did occasionally get clogged, but clearing it up was relatively
> > easy most of the time. That said, I did have to take one or two apart to
> > give them a more thorough cleaning, which was a pain and resulted in the
> > mouse not being quite as well assembled. Considering the ball is a
> > physical moving part, I more or less expected it to get clogged up with
> > dust occasionally. It was truly no big deal to me at the time. *shrug*
> 
> No, I wouldn't say it was a big deal either, but I knew how to deal with
> it. People like my Nana found it easier to just get a mouse with a
> scrollwheel that can't clog, as I wasn't over often enough to deal with
> the issue, and despite being a tidy person, it seemed to happen often to
> her.

Scroll wheels do clogged as well though. I know a few Windoze users who
have suffered from that problem, which is why the Mighty Mouse always
seemd better ... although personally I can't be bothered with either,
probably because I' so used to my ADB mouse mouse which has neither
(and only one button)..




> Anyway, for gaming and other activities I needed a mouse I could lift up
> without the button releasing. And with the latest Apple mouse I'm not
> into touch. I far prefer my Logitech G500s or the Razer Deathadder
> before it's custom driver became utterly boneheaded and required to
> access key functions of the mouse.

You can turn off the touch functions of the Magic Mouse and just use it
as a normal mouse ... it's been a while since I've used one, but I'm
pretty sure they have proper clickable buttons underneath.





> But each to their own - I know people who love their scrollballs and
> don't mind occasional taking apart and cleaning. I liked the puck mouse
> that came with my CRT iMacs. Few others seemed to, heh.

For some poeple the "puck" mouse was simply too small, which I can
understand.

For others, which I'll never understand how they did it, they somehow
managed to keep twisting the mouse around so it was sideways or
back-to-front, and they claimed they never knew which way it meant to
be, despite it having a cable coming out the back.  :-\

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  Re: Another Preview Question me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-11-25 23:51 +0000
    Re: Another Preview Question Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-11-26 07:07 +0000
      Re: Another Preview Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-26 00:56 -0800
      Re: Another Preview Question Philo D <doozy@earthling.net.invalid> - 2013-11-26 06:24 -0700
        Re: Another Preview Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-26 07:47 -0800
        Re: Another Preview Question jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-27 14:57 +1300
          Re: Another Preview Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-26 18:21 -0800
        Re: Another Preview Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-27 18:59 +1300
          Re: Another Preview Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-27 01:00 -0800
            Re: Another Preview Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-11-27 04:08 -0500
              Re: Another Preview Question jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-27 23:21 +1300
          Re: Another Preview Question Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2013-11-27 11:34 -0800
            Re: Another Preview Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-28 08:53 +1300
              Re: Another Preview Question Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2013-11-27 11:59 -0800
                Re: Another Preview Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-28 13:13 +1300
                Re: Another Preview Question jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-28 16:24 +1300
              Re: Another Preview Question Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-11-27 23:20 +0000
                Re: Another Preview Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-28 13:10 +1300
                Re: Another Preview Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-27 19:19 -0500
              Re: Another Preview Question Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2013-11-28 17:29 +0000
                Re: Another Preview Question Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2013-11-30 19:37 -0800
            Re: Another Preview Question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-27 21:33 +0000
      Re: Another Preview Question Michelle Steiner <foo@bar.com> - 2013-11-26 07:24 -0700
        Re: Another Preview Question jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-27 14:57 +1300
          Re: Another Preview Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-26 18:18 -0800
          Re: Another Preview Question Michelle Steiner <foo@bar.com> - 2013-11-26 21:12 -0700
            Re: Another Preview Question jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-27 23:19 +1300
              Re: Another Preview Question Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-11-27 07:41 -0700
            Re: Another Preview Question me@home.spamsucks.ca (Kiraly) - 2013-11-27 19:54 +0000
              Re: Another Preview Question Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-11-27 13:51 -0700
                Re: Another Preview Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-27 14:40 -0800
                Re: Another Preview Question Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-11-27 23:22 +0000
                Re: Another Preview Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-11-27 18:52 -0500
                Re: Another Preview Question me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-11-28 05:17 +0000
                Re: Another Preview Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-28 19:17 +1300
                Re: Another Preview Question jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-28 21:34 +1300
                Re: Another Preview Question Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-11-28 08:18 +0000
                Re: Another Preview Question jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-28 21:38 +1300
                Re: Another Preview Question Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-11-28 14:32 +0000
                Re: Another Preview Question jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-29 11:45 +1300
                Re: Another Preview Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-29 09:24 +1300
                Re: Another Preview Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-28 15:31 -0500
                Re: Another Preview Question Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-11-28 20:50 +0000
                Re: Another Preview Question gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2013-11-28 13:39 -0800
                Re: Another Preview Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-11-28 18:47 -0500
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                Re: Another Preview Question jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-29 11:53 +1300
                Re: Another Preview Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-12-01 09:55 -0500
                Re: Another Preview Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-01 15:05 -0500
                Re: Another Preview Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-28 21:19 -0500
                Re: Another Preview Question gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2013-11-28 13:39 -0800
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                Re: Another Preview Question jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-29 11:53 +1300
                Re: Another Preview Question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-28 23:09 +0000
                Re: Another Preview Question jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-29 15:41 +1300
                Re: Another Preview Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-29 18:24 +1300
                Re: Another Preview Question jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-29 20:03 +1300
                Re: Another Preview Question jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-29 20:03 +1300
                Re: Another Preview Question Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-11-28 23:36 +0000
                Re: Another Preview Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-29 09:23 +1300
              Re: Another Preview Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-11-27 17:21 -0500
                Re: Another Preview Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-27 14:44 -0800
                Re: Another Preview Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-11-27 18:21 -0500
                Re: Another Preview Question jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-28 16:24 +1300
                Re: Another Preview Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-28 18:10 +1300
                Re: Another Preview Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-28 03:01 -0500
                Re: Another Preview Question jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-28 21:34 +1300
                Re: Another Preview Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-29 09:21 +1300
                Re: Another Preview Question jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-29 11:53 +1300
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                Re: Another Preview Question jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-29 20:03 +1300
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              Re: Another Preview Question Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-11-28 01:12 +0000
                Re: Another Preview Question me@home.spamsucks.ca (Kiraly) - 2013-11-28 23:53 +0000
                Re: Another Preview Question Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2013-11-29 08:08 +0100
  Re: Another Preview Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-26 13:21 +1300
    Re: Another Preview Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-25 18:12 -0800
      Re: Another Preview Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-26 16:12 +1300
      Re: Another Preview Question me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-11-26 14:04 +0000
        Re: Another Preview Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-26 07:44 -0800
          Re: Another Preview Question Michelle Steiner <foo@bar.com> - 2013-11-26 08:53 -0700
            Re: Another Preview Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-26 09:48 -0800
              Re: Another Preview Question Michelle Steiner <foo@bar.com> - 2013-11-26 11:01 -0700
  Re: Another Preview Question Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2013-11-26 20:51 +0100
    Re: Another Preview Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-11-26 15:15 -0500
      Re: Another Preview Question <henry@att.net> - 2013-11-26 12:35 -0800
        Re: Another Preview Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-26 14:15 -0800
          Re: Another Preview Question Joe Di Domenico <joedid@invalid.com> - 2013-11-26 18:14 -0500
            Re: Another Preview Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-26 18:07 -0800
          Re: Another Preview Question dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-11-27 12:21 +1300
            Re: Another Preview Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-26 18:16 -0800
              Re: Another Preview Question dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-11-28 13:45 +1300

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