The wheel on my mouse just quit working
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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
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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:
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
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A spare Microsoft Optical Trackerball
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Good choice in mouse. I can't go back to the *other* type. Cheers, Simon sig ::
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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
Microsoft mice do that as well. I had a mouse the other day that closed the window when the mouse wheel was pushed - seems I use this feature all the time:mad: It is also very useful for mice with stuck mouse wheels - I have a couple of those!
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Of course! There should be plenty of room in the back of my Intellimouse Optical.
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Userfriendly, 2003/06/07 -
"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?
Searching the web without Google is like straining sewage with your teeth.
Userfriendly, 2003/06/07Here you go. http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5e45/ I don't know if it is worth it.
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Here you go. http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5e45/ I don't know if it is worth it.
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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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?
I'm trying to decide if I should feel sorry for your in South Africa where appearently mice cost so much that it breaks the budget to replace them, or if you are just cheap enough that you won't replace it if there is any way to jury rig it into sort of working. In the first case let me know how to ship a mouse to you, in the latter case. Well I'm the same way, I wouldn't replace it either.
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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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I'm trying to decide if I should feel sorry for your in South Africa where appearently mice cost so much that it breaks the budget to replace them, or if you are just cheap enough that you won't replace it if there is any way to jury rig it into sort of working. In the first case let me know how to ship a mouse to you, in the latter case. Well I'm the same way, I wouldn't replace it either.
:laugh: A normal scroll mouse, even from MS, would be at most R150 but this one I rescued from an exiting boss and costs about R500. It is one of those expensive Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer optical jobs. Also it is one of the original versions and is so much better than the later designs. So even buying a new one isn't going to be great. Plus, the wheel works for the most part fine these days. I just give it some TLC every morning and it behaves. 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?