Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mouse Date: 9 Aug 2020 23:50:51 GMT Organization: Sourthern Nevada Institute of Technology Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: <090820201426559598%nospam@nospam.invalid> <090820201730562082%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net gF3wnwwGK+FtSNxwLXXHWw6500/NwFEigHZtQMimUYBVMsEiF6 Cancel-Lock: sha1:hkF2h9FU2Teri3wxGsKzqu4m6e8= User-Agent: Usenapp/0.79/l beta for MacOS Xref: csiph.com uk.comp.sys.mac:146161 On Aug 9, 2020 at 2:30:56 PM MST, "nospam" wrote: > In article , Tim > wrote: > >>>> What do people use for a basic mouse? >>> >>> trackpad. >> >> You could have deduced from my OP that I don't want one of those. > > you asked what people use. And you failed to understand the context and are now playing victim. >>>> Is there a basic mouse with a >>>> scroll-ball? >>> >>> the apple pea-mouse, but it was *awful*. >> >> No it wasn't. It had one design defect, namely that you had to crack it open >> to clean the pea, which after 9 months or so stopped working due to grot. > > more like 9 days. it was horrible. > > it's so bad that you can't even give them away. i frequently see them > at garage sales and nobody wants them, not even for free. I know I hate the Apple mice. Others love them. > > >>>> How can I configure the third mouse button? >>> >>> usboverdrive >> >> Intsalled that, configured the wheel button to No Button and the middle >> button >> to Do Nothing, makes absolutely no difference. > > then it's doing something non-standard. replace it. -- Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger. They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.