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From: Chris Ridd on 19 Mar 2010 02:12 On 2010-03-18 23:58:48 +0000, Peter Ceresole said: > Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> MagicPrefs will allow you to set up left-doubleclick on any action >> available - I guess it would be on right-click for you? Works fine. > > MagicPrefs is presumably the bundled prefpane? No, it is a free third party thing. <http://magicprefs.com/> -- Chris
From: Jim on 19 Mar 2010 02:12 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > MagicPrefs will allow you to set up left-doubleclick on any action > available - I guess it would be on right-click for you? Works fine. I'm using Better Touch Tool, which sounds similar. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: J. J. Lodder on 19 Mar 2010 08:52 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > > > And it really is rather wonderful - once I enabled right-click, and > > then added MagicPrefs so I could get a middle-click and an alt-tab > > tap, anyway. It's pointlessly limited before that, however pretty. > > When we tried it at the Applestore during the ucsm works outing, when I > found that you *still* can't program any of the 'buttons' to double > click, I gave up on it. Pity, becasue I think it's a really nice thing. > > But when my Logitech mice give up, it'll have to be Logitech > replacements. Not giving up the big old Kensinton trackball yet. Jan
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 19 Mar 2010 11:32 On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:12:16 +0000, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote: >Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> MagicPrefs will allow you to set up left-doubleclick on any action >> available - I guess it would be on right-click for you? Works fine. > >I'm using Better Touch Tool, which sounds similar. It is indeed - they do a couple of things slightly differently, but 95% overlap. Cheers - Jaimie -- Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, even if you are soggy and hard to light.
From: Jim on 19 Mar 2010 11:37
On 2010-03-19, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:12:16 +0000, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) > wrote: > >>Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: >> >>> MagicPrefs will allow you to set up left-doubleclick on any action >>> available - I guess it would be on right-click for you? Works fine. >> >>I'm using Better Touch Tool, which sounds similar. > > It is indeed - they do a couple of things slightly differently, but > 95% overlap. Oddly, it's a combination of the Magic Mouse and BTT that's made me start to use Spaces. I've got two-finger-drag-up/down to go to next/previous Space. Having the Spaces arranged vertically helps, as you might expect. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash. |