Mouse Buttons
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I have this logitech mouseman optical wheel mouse that is ergonomically designed. I've had it for a while now, and I quite like the shape and feel of it. The only problem is that it has a button around where my thumb sits. It is really easy to push, and it gets pushed often. Most of the time it has no effect, but when I am browsing in IE it acts as the back button. Tonight I was playing one of the games on the Yahoo games site, and getting a decent score when... you guessed it, I clicked that bloody button. I was pretty miffed to say the least. I even tried to pop the button with a screwdriver (its pretty well fixed in :-( unfortunately). Now, why they put that button there bemuses me, but what really boggles me is why they made it operate as a back button. Does anyone know how I can disable this button (without removing a thumb), or disassociate the back function from it? I'm using W2K by the way?
Simple, just use your logitech driver configuration and disable that button. By the way, most CAD users use that button for "tentative" movements. It's the button you use when you want the tool to "guess" what point you want to select (middle point of a segment, intersection of two lines, etc.)
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Simple, just use your logitech driver configuration and disable that button. By the way, most CAD users use that button for "tentative" movements. It's the button you use when you want the tool to "guess" what point you want to select (middle point of a segment, intersection of two lines, etc.)
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Heh, heh, that would be good if it was using the logitech drivers. Its installed using the MS drivers. I figured that since the button does something, there *may* be a way to disable that function... still hoping.
Do I have to say what everybody is thinking about using the MS Drivers with a Logitech Mouse? ;P Seriously. Just install the logitech drivers. They are much better than the ones from MS and, as a bonus, you will be able to configure all the parameters of your mouse.
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I have this logitech mouseman optical wheel mouse that is ergonomically designed. I've had it for a while now, and I quite like the shape and feel of it. The only problem is that it has a button around where my thumb sits. It is really easy to push, and it gets pushed often. Most of the time it has no effect, but when I am browsing in IE it acts as the back button. Tonight I was playing one of the games on the Yahoo games site, and getting a decent score when... you guessed it, I clicked that bloody button. I was pretty miffed to say the least. I even tried to pop the button with a screwdriver (its pretty well fixed in :-( unfortunately). Now, why they put that button there bemuses me, but what really boggles me is why they made it operate as a back button. Does anyone know how I can disable this button (without removing a thumb), or disassociate the back function from it? I'm using W2K by the way?
John Judd wrote: pop the button with a screwdriver :laugh: I once smacked my keyboard because it wasn't coding right and some keys flew off, so maybe try that? OK, OK, I do have shares in Logitech. ;) Cheers, Simon "Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch.", Eric S. Raymond
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John Judd wrote: pop the button with a screwdriver :laugh: I once smacked my keyboard because it wasn't coding right and some keys flew off, so maybe try that? OK, OK, I do have shares in Logitech. ;) Cheers, Simon "Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch.", Eric S. Raymond
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Do I have to say what everybody is thinking about using the MS Drivers with a Logitech Mouse? ;P Seriously. Just install the logitech drivers. They are much better than the ones from MS and, as a bonus, you will be able to configure all the parameters of your mouse.
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Wish I still had the disk. The website doesnt give much joy there either. They dont seem to sell that mouse anymore.
John Judd wrote: Wish I still had the disk. The website doesnt give much joy there either. They dont seem to sell that mouse anymore. The current version of logitech's Mouse Ware (available on their support site) seems to work with a lot of older devices. I have two wireless mice - both with the extra thumb button. I love it! :) I have the thumb button configured as an [ENTER] key, and find it very helpful. Generally, I find a mouse to be a very unproductive device, so when I have to leave the keyboard to use it, I want as much functionality there as I can get. BTW, I also have configured my mice so that when I press (not roll) the scroll wheel, it opens a windows explorer window. If you continue to do the same things you always did,
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Wish I still had the disk. The website doesnt give much joy there either. They dont seem to sell that mouse anymore.
You can download them from the web. Select other logitech mice and download MOUSEWARE® v9.60, it works for all their mice and all supported operating systems. Their website makes you choose a mouse and os but either way you download the same mouseware. John
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I have this logitech mouseman optical wheel mouse that is ergonomically designed. I've had it for a while now, and I quite like the shape and feel of it. The only problem is that it has a button around where my thumb sits. It is really easy to push, and it gets pushed often. Most of the time it has no effect, but when I am browsing in IE it acts as the back button. Tonight I was playing one of the games on the Yahoo games site, and getting a decent score when... you guessed it, I clicked that bloody button. I was pretty miffed to say the least. I even tried to pop the button with a screwdriver (its pretty well fixed in :-( unfortunately). Now, why they put that button there bemuses me, but what really boggles me is why they made it operate as a back button. Does anyone know how I can disable this button (without removing a thumb), or disassociate the back function from it? I'm using W2K by the way?
I have a large thumb button (intellimouse explorer) and I've got it set to 'close window'. You can just imagine the exciting things that happen when I accidentally hit the button... "The laws of nature, the laws of man This volatile paradox will never stand" -Plasticity, Front Line Assembly
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Daniel Ferguson wrote: t imagine the exciting things that happen when I accidentally hit the button... dum-de dum...<clickity-clickity-tap-tap-tap>...doo-be-doo...<click-click-tappity-tappity-TAPPITY-click-click *click*> dead silence... *Bonk* *BANG* BANG! BANGBANGBANGBANG *CRASH* <sound of monitor whistling down 10 stories...> cheers, Chris Maunder
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I have a large thumb button (intellimouse explorer) and I've got it set to 'close window'. You can just imagine the exciting things that happen when I accidentally hit the button... "The laws of nature, the laws of man This volatile paradox will never stand" -Plasticity, Front Line Assembly
Daniel Ferguson wrote: t imagine the exciting things that happen when I accidentally hit the button... dum-de dum...<clickity-clickity-tap-tap-tap>...doo-be-doo...<click-click-tappity-tappity-TAPPITY-click-click *click*> dead silence... *Bonk* *BANG* BANG! BANGBANGBANGBANG *CRASH* <sound of monitor whistling down 10 stories...> cheers, Chris Maunder
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Daniel Ferguson wrote: t imagine the exciting things that happen when I accidentally hit the button... dum-de dum...<clickity-clickity-tap-tap-tap>...doo-be-doo...<click-click-tappity-tappity-TAPPITY-click-click *click*> dead silence... *Bonk* *BANG* BANG! BANGBANGBANGBANG *CRASH* <sound of monitor whistling down 10 stories...> cheers, Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote: sound of monitor whistling down 10 stories... Why punish the monitor and not the mouse itself? Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
- It's for protection
- Protection from what? Zee Germans? -
Daniel Ferguson wrote: t imagine the exciting things that happen when I accidentally hit the button... dum-de dum...<clickity-clickity-tap-tap-tap>...doo-be-doo...<click-click-tappity-tappity-TAPPITY-click-click *click*> dead silence... *Bonk* *BANG* BANG! BANGBANGBANGBANG *CRASH* <sound of monitor whistling down 10 stories...> cheers, Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote: *Bonk* I assume that's meant to be the sound of my forehead and my desktop meeting rather abruptly... :eek: It's fairly accurate except that I work from home and my monitor would be out my front window and rolling down my 45° (okay maybe only 35°) driveway onto the road... would you believe that I knew the degree sign is alt-248? "The laws of nature, the laws of man This volatile paradox will never stand" -Plasticity, Front Line Assembly
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Chris Maunder wrote: sound of monitor whistling down 10 stories... Why punish the monitor and not the mouse itself? Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
- It's for protection
- Protection from what? Zee Germans?Which would you get more glee from; destroying a nice big monitor or a puny little mouse? :-D And if you have dual monitors, its twice the fun! James
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Which would you get more glee from; destroying a nice big monitor or a puny little mouse? :-D And if you have dual monitors, its twice the fun! James
Kill two birds at once - flog the monitor with the mouse:) "What is it?" and he said, "I don't know. Let's kill it." - Ed Gadziemski