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Re: Mouse

From bob <email@domain.com>
Newsgroups uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: Mouse
Date 2020-08-10 16:30 +0200
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 2020-08-09 18:19:21 +0000, Tim said:

> I got a Magic Mouse 2 and while mostly very nice it has some issues:
> 
> 1) Sometimes it decides to ignore being moved or scrolled, and I have to whack
> it with a sledgehammer to remind it who's boss.
> 
> 2) macOS appears to treat it as a track-pad. This means that webpages or any
> app using a container based on WebKit is subject to the revolting
> rubber-banding effect, even for content that has no scroll-bars.
> 
> 
> So today I took delivery of the magnificent AmazonBasics mouse at £8 or so.
> This has yer basic two buttons and a scroll wheel, although the wheel acts as
> a button too.
> 
> HOWEVER:
> 
> 1) Its tracking speed seems to cover a very wide speed range (this is under
> mojave) ranging from Dead Slow to Full Ahead all engines plus supercharger,
> and its a bit hard to adjust this nicely.
> 
> 2) Worse, though, is that as I said, the wheel acts as a button, which when
> clicked appears to bring up the Dashboard. But the Mouse portion of the
> Control Panel is very basic and doesn't mention the third button at all.
> 
> What do people use for a basic mouse? Is there a basic mouse with a
> scroll-ball? How can I configure the third mouse button?

When we all went work from home, I came to the conclusion that I'd had 
it with cheap'n nasty mice.  Sure you can spend <£10 on a mouse that 
moves the cursor, has some buttons and a scroll wheel, but when it's 
something I'm going to use for most of the working day most days of the 
week, there is some logic behind extending the budget to something 
beyond bargain-basement.  After all, I've decided it's worth investing 
~£1500 on a mac where I could spend ~£300 on a basic spec windows box, 
does it really make sense cheaping out on something like a mouse? After 
looking at the options I went for a Logitech MX Master 3, and while 
it's not cheap, it is money I am very glad I spent.  It's hard to put 
into words what makes it so much better.  The weight, the feeling of 
precision with the movement, the feel of the scroll wheel (particularly 
the freewheel spin, slow speed notch mechanism), the various 
programable buttons that I never thought I wanted until I had them and 
now I can't see how I did without them.  While it might not be the 
right mouse for everybody (and definitely not for lefties), I think it 
is worth considering something that is not just "the cheapest pointing 
device that functions".

Robin

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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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