The wheel on my mouse just quit working
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ColinDavies wrote: I wonder why they don't have a Horiz wheel as well?? A couple days ago I was working with Visio and found my finger twitching around for the horizontal wheel! :-D Doesn't someone make a mouse where you can push the wheel left and right? I think I've seen that. Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing
Yeah, Microsoft do (don't know if anyone else does - Logitech do, I think). I've got one...but I rarely use the side-to-side feature. The wheel is...strange, as well - not like others I've used. It moves a lot more easily, but isn't sloppy. Stuart Dootson 'Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p'
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M$ have sorta... in the {Drumroll please....} TiltWheel Mouse... I have one... quite useful for long lines of code... http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/features/tiltwheel.mspx {I don't know how to do the 'magical clickly-ness :( )
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M$ have sorta... in the {Drumroll please....} TiltWheel Mouse... I have one... quite useful for long lines of code... http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/features/tiltwheel.mspx {I don't know how to do the 'magical clickly-ness :( )
That looks cool. Pity they don't seem to have it on their trackerball products. I can't use a mouse for more than 5 minutes without getting painful sensations in the back of my hand and wrist.
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That looks cool. Pity they don't seem to have it on their trackerball products. I can't use a mouse for more than 5 minutes without getting painful sensations in the back of my hand and wrist.
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ColinDavies wrote: I wonder why they don't have a Horiz wheel as well?? A couple days ago I was working with Visio and found my finger twitching around for the horizontal wheel! :-D Doesn't someone make a mouse where you can push the wheel left and right? I think I've seen that. Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing
Both MS and Logitech makes that :) - Anders My Photos
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Uh.. you had a spare mouse wheel? Did you have one lying around in your desk, or did you dissect an old mouse? :) -- Wir müssen leben bis wir sterben.
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I never realised how much I relied on it. :sigh:
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: The wheel on my mouse just quit working Got a puncture, huh? ;P
Ryan
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ColinDavies wrote: I wonder why they don't have a Horiz wheel as well?? A couple days ago I was working with Visio and found my finger twitching around for the horizontal wheel! :-D Doesn't someone make a mouse where you can push the wheel left and right? I think I've seen that. Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing
A couple days ago I was working with Visio and found my finger twitching around for the horizontal wheel! When it comes to Visio, I usually find myself twitching around for the uninstall button. :-D Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.
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I never realised how much I relied on it. :sigh:
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I would go mad... :) I feel your pain brother!!! How do I print my voice mail?
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A couple days ago I was working with Visio and found my finger twitching around for the horizontal wheel! When it comes to Visio, I usually find myself twitching around for the uninstall button. :-D Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.
That rings very true in my space as well, but wherever I go, there is Visio. Aside from the fine looking (yet to try) CDiagramEditor here on CP, what other free/inexpensive CAD tools are available? We mustn't forget that Visio is a diagramming tool, not really a design tool. Sometimes Visio should also remember that. Learn which South African airlines never to use on my blog.
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Uh.. you had a spare mouse wheel? Did you have one lying around in your desk, or did you dissect an old mouse? :) -- Wir müssen leben bis wir sterben.
hey, that gives me an idea... Mod my mouse to include boot/trunk space for a spare wheel.
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I never realised how much I relied on it. :sigh:
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On Sunday night, while I was working late on a high priority task, I opened my mouse to clean the little pressure wheel inside (the one without sensors). While attempting to hack the dirt of with a blade, suddenly the wheel shot of and I heard a rattle inside the mouse. I was screwed. I hadn't worked much on Friday because I knew that I would make good progress on Sunday. With slim hope I opened the mouse up and found a small axel inside. Imagine my delight when I found that the axel clipped back into the wheel bracket, and nothing was broken. This is a small miracle in todays disposable technology. Learn which South African airlines never to use on my blog.
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I never realised how much I relied on it. :sigh:
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The wheel on my mouse at work (a puny IntelliMouse Explorer v3 with the wussy little side buttons X|) needs a kick, or at least a relubrication, because it sticks and refuses to turn unless I apply serious force to it. And my IM Explorer v1 (with MANLY big side buttons) here at home is still humming right along... --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- Wizard needs food, badly!
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Huh, I always forget to use it. :-( So Doh to me. I wonder why they don't have a Horiz wheel as well?? Regardz Colin J Davies Attention: It's finally arrived, The worlds first DSP.
"I wonder why they don't have a Horiz wheel as well" I've always wondered why no one has yet put in a mini trackball instead of a wheel. Or have they?
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ColinDavies wrote: I wonder why they don't have a Horiz wheel as well?? A couple days ago I was working with Visio and found my finger twitching around for the horizontal wheel! :-D Doesn't someone make a mouse where you can push the wheel left and right? I think I've seen that. Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing
With (at least) the Logitech mouse, if the window is scrollable, you can push the mouse wheel down and the cursor changes to d directional arrow cursor (ie the cursor has arrows in the direction(s) that you can scroll), then you just move the mouse to scroll up/down/left/right while continuing to hold the mouse wheel down. :cool: Steve
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Uh.. you had a spare mouse wheel? Did you have one lying around in your desk, or did you dissect an old mouse? :) -- Wir müssen leben bis wir sterben.
A spare Microsoft Optical Trackerball
Vogon Building and Loan advise that your planet is at risk if you do not keep up repayments on any mortgage secured upon it. Please remember that the force of gravity can go up as well as down.
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hey, that gives me an idea... Mod my mouse to include boot/trunk space for a spare wheel.
Searching the web without Google is like straining sewage with your teeth.
Userfriendly, 2003/06/07 -
I never realised how much I relied on it. :sigh:
Vogon Building and Loan advise that your planet is at risk if you do not keep up repayments on any mortgage secured upon it. Please remember that the force of gravity can go up as well as down.
Indeed. After a rather vigorous game of Half Life once I realised I had bashed my wheel for the last time. The strange thing is that at first it was not usable anymore but over the months it has slowly been coming right. Now it works pretty well most of the time with the odd lock that sends documents scrolling like mad things. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?
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I never realised how much I relied on it. :sigh:
Vogon Building and Loan advise that your planet is at risk if you do not keep up repayments on any mortgage secured upon it. Please remember that the force of gravity can go up as well as down.
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With (at least) the Logitech mouse, if the window is scrollable, you can push the mouse wheel down and the cursor changes to d directional arrow cursor (ie the cursor has arrows in the direction(s) that you can scroll), then you just move the mouse to scroll up/down/left/right while continuing to hold the mouse wheel down. :cool: Steve
I find that feature annoying, so it the first thing to go when installing the MS mouse drivers. Luckly there is a nice pretty diagram of the mouse to, in case anyone can't work out what each button is called. lol