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Re: Mouse

From Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net>
Newsgroups uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: Mouse
Date 2020-08-10 08:10 +0000
Message-ID <hpcdnqFc5f6U2@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <hpat19FpdshU2@mid.individual.net> <090820201426559598%nospam@nospam.invalid> <hpb7qtFc5f6U1@mid.individual.net> <090820201730562082%nospam@nospam.invalid>

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On 09 Aug 2020 at 22:30:56 BST, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <hpb7qtFc5f6U1@mid.individual.net>, Tim
> <timstreater@greenbee.net> 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.

I asked what people use "for a basic mouse". A mouse is not a trackpad.

>>>> 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.

9 days in your case, perhaps.

> 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. 
> 
>>>> 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.

Oh quite possibly.

-- 
Tim

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Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-09 18:19 +0000
  Re: Mouse nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-09 14:26 -0400
    Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-09 21:23 +0000
      Re: Mouse nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-09 17:30 -0400
        Re: Mouse Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-09 23:50 +0000
          Re: Mouse nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-10 08:04 -0400
            Re: Mouse Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-10 17:17 +0000
        Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-10 08:10 +0000
          Re: Mouse nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-10 08:04 -0400
            Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-10 13:29 +0000
              Re: Mouse nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-10 09:45 -0400
            Re: Mouse Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-10 17:15 +0000
      Re: Mouse Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-09 23:52 +0000
  Re: Mouse Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2020-08-10 07:35 +0000
    Re: Mouse snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2020-08-10 08:56 +0100
    Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-10 08:19 +0000
      Re: Mouse Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-08-10 15:50 +0100
        Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-10 17:27 +0000
          Re: Mouse Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-10 17:43 +0000
            Re: Mouse Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-08-11 17:30 +0000
              Re: Mouse Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-11 18:43 +0000
              Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-11 21:32 +0000
  Re: Mouse Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-10 10:38 +0000
    Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-10 13:32 +0000
      Re: Mouse Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-10 16:23 +0000
        Re: Mouse Martin S Taylor <correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> - 2020-08-18 10:10 +0100
          Re: Mouse Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-18 09:48 +0000
            Re: Mouse Sak Wathanasin <sw@nan.co.uk> - 2020-08-20 01:38 -0700
              Re: Mouse Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-20 09:51 +0000
                Re: Mouse Elliott Roper <nospam@yrl.co.uk> - 2020-08-20 11:26 +0000
                Re: Mouse Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-20 19:13 +0000
                Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-20 21:42 +0000
  Re: Mouse Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2020-08-10 11:41 +0100
  Re: Mouse bob <email@domain.com> - 2020-08-10 16:30 +0200
    Re: Mouse Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2020-08-10 16:41 +0100

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