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Why doesn't someone make a mouse with a "ClickBoth" method?

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    Mark_Wallace
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    Just arstin', like. I've felt like it's been missing since mouses were invented. Gotta be better than all the click-one-of-these-buttons-in-awkward-places-that-make-the-cursor-jerk stuff.

    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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      Just arstin', like. I've felt like it's been missing since mouses were invented. Gotta be better than all the click-one-of-these-buttons-in-awkward-places-that-make-the-cursor-jerk stuff.

      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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      Johnny J
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      Why doesn't someone make a mouse with 10 different buttons for more versatility. Then we could handle the "SecondButoonFromRightClick" event for instance... :doh: Or better yet: And entire keyboard, so that you can compose your emails just by clicking the mouse buttons? :-\

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        Just arstin', like. I've felt like it's been missing since mouses were invented. Gotta be better than all the click-one-of-these-buttons-in-awkward-places-that-make-the-cursor-jerk stuff.

        I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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        Danny Martin
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        Done...[^] ;P

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          Why doesn't someone make a mouse with 10 different buttons for more versatility. Then we could handle the "SecondButoonFromRightClick" event for instance... :doh: Or better yet: And entire keyboard, so that you can compose your emails just by clicking the mouse buttons? :-\

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          Nicholas Marty
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          Johnny J. wrote:

          Why doesn't someone make a mouse with 10 different buttons for more versatility.

          Like this[^]?

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            Just arstin', like. I've felt like it's been missing since mouses were invented. Gotta be better than all the click-one-of-these-buttons-in-awkward-places-that-make-the-cursor-jerk stuff.

            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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            HobbyProggy
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            Programmable Mouses ? You can do what you want with them :-\

            if(this.signature != "")
            {
            MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
            }
            else
            {
            MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
            }

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            • J Johnny J

              Why doesn't someone make a mouse with 10 different buttons for more versatility. Then we could handle the "SecondButoonFromRightClick" event for instance... :doh: Or better yet: And entire keyboard, so that you can compose your emails just by clicking the mouse buttons? :-\

              Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
              Anonymous
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              The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
              Winston Churchill, 1944
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              I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
              Me, all the time

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              OriginalGriff
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              Johnny J. wrote:

              Why doesn't someone make a mouse with 10 different buttons for more versatility

              There are loads of 'em: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2041586/gaming-mice-we-test-the-best.html[^]

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                Just arstin', like. I've felt like it's been missing since mouses were invented. Gotta be better than all the click-one-of-these-buttons-in-awkward-places-that-make-the-cursor-jerk stuff.

                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                OriginalGriff
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                Get a "upside-down-mouse": http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Wireless-trackman-mouse.jpg[^]. They are brilliant for that: you can click as much as you like and the mouse pointer doesn't budge. They are difficult to get used to, but I've been using them for about twenty or so years, and wouldn't go back to a "normal" mouse. And...they never fall off the mouse mat... :laugh:

                Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                  Get a "upside-down-mouse": http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Wireless-trackman-mouse.jpg[^]. They are brilliant for that: you can click as much as you like and the mouse pointer doesn't budge. They are difficult to get used to, but I've been using them for about twenty or so years, and wouldn't go back to a "normal" mouse. And...they never fall off the mouse mat... :laugh:

                  Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                  HobbyProggy
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                  I know ppl that used to play CS 1.6 with trackballs, they surely kicked 4$$ as soon as they got used to it :cool:

                  if(this.signature != "")
                  {
                  MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
                  }
                  else
                  {
                  MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
                  }

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                  • J Johnny J

                    Why doesn't someone make a mouse with 10 different buttons for more versatility. Then we could handle the "SecondButoonFromRightClick" event for instance... :doh: Or better yet: And entire keyboard, so that you can compose your emails just by clicking the mouse buttons? :-\

                    Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                    Anonymous
                    -----
                    The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                    Winston Churchill, 1944
                    -----
                    I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                    Me, all the time

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                    Razor? DeathAdder?? X|

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                    • M Mark_Wallace

                      Just arstin', like. I've felt like it's been missing since mouses were invented. Gotta be better than all the click-one-of-these-buttons-in-awkward-places-that-make-the-cursor-jerk stuff.

                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                      Keith Barrow
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                      Not sure if it's at the hardware level or OS, but button 1+2 = Middle click, like clicking the scroll wheel. Very useful in *nix systems - pastes whatever is on the clipboard into whatever is in focus.

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                      • M Mark_Wallace

                        Just arstin', like. I've felt like it's been missing since mouses were invented. Gotta be better than all the click-one-of-these-buttons-in-awkward-places-that-make-the-cursor-jerk stuff.

                        I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                        Amarnath S
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                        Related question: - Why is no 'double-click' button? Why should I click twice in quick succession to get 'double-click'? I like to click only once and get a 'double-click'. May go a small way in reducing the syndromes coming with click mouse buttons :-) Note: My laptop has no mouse 'middle-button'.

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                          Just arstin', like. I've felt like it's been missing since mouses were invented. Gotta be better than all the click-one-of-these-buttons-in-awkward-places-that-make-the-cursor-jerk stuff.

                          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                          W Balboos GHB
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                          If I recall correctly, back in the UNIX era one had a three-button mouse. If one only had two buttons, the center button was emulated by clicking both at once. Now you've started me wondering if the reverse would have been true. I've been concentrating my inventive efforts on the one-button-two-hand mouse.

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                            Related question: - Why is no 'double-click' button? Why should I click twice in quick succession to get 'double-click'? I like to click only once and get a 'double-click'. May go a small way in reducing the syndromes coming with click mouse buttons :-) Note: My laptop has no mouse 'middle-button'.

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                            OriginalGriff
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                            I have one on the pen of my Graphics Tablet - the tip acts as left button (but with analogue sensitivity) while a rocker switch does "right button" and "left double click". Very, very useful when you are trying to be precise in graphics apps.

                            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                            "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                              If I recall correctly, back in the UNIX era one had a three-button mouse. If one only had two buttons, the center button was emulated by clicking both at once. Now you've started me wondering if the reverse would have been true. I've been concentrating my inventive efforts on the one-button-two-hand mouse.

                              "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                              "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert

                              "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                              W∴ Balboos wrote:

                              I've been concentrating my inventive efforts on the one-button-two-hand mouse.

                              Um...It's been done?[^] Mind you, some people just can't leave a good idea[^] alone...

                              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                              "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                              "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                I have one on the pen of my Graphics Tablet - the tip acts as left button (but with analogue sensitivity) while a rocker switch does "right button" and "left double click". Very, very useful when you are trying to be precise in graphics apps.

                                Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                :thumbsup: Had only vaguely heard about it. I find that it is available in India, and not very expensive! Will go for it one of these days.

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                                  W∴ Balboos wrote:

                                  I've been concentrating my inventive efforts on the one-button-two-hand mouse.

                                  Um...It's been done?[^] Mind you, some people just can't leave a good idea[^] alone...

                                  Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                  I was cautiously not referring to Pee Wee Herman.

                                  "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                                  "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert

                                  "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                                    :thumbsup: Had only vaguely heard about it. I find that it is available in India, and not very expensive! Will go for it one of these days.

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                                    The Wacom ones are very good, even the small sizes.

                                    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                      If I recall correctly, back in the UNIX era one had a three-button mouse. If one only had two buttons, the center button was emulated by clicking both at once. Now you've started me wondering if the reverse would have been true. I've been concentrating my inventive efforts on the one-button-two-hand mouse.

                                      "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                                      "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert

                                      "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                                      Mark_Wallace
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                                      I used a three-button mouse for a long time (before the day of the mouse wheel). It was subtly shaped, almost like a duck's foot, and very comfortable to use.

                                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                        Get a "upside-down-mouse": http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Wireless-trackman-mouse.jpg[^]. They are brilliant for that: you can click as much as you like and the mouse pointer doesn't budge. They are difficult to get used to, but I've been using them for about twenty or so years, and wouldn't go back to a "normal" mouse. And...they never fall off the mouse mat... :laugh:

                                        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                        Mark_Wallace
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                                        I keep meaning to try one. Maybe I'll give it a go.

                                        I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                          Done...[^] ;P

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                                          Mark_Wallace
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                                          The only problems being that they're ugly and uncomfortable in use.

                                          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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