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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 18 Mar 2010 17:42 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. It'll never work for anyone who likes to rest their palm on their mouse and moves from the elbow, but to those who use their fingertips it's a joy. Strangely, I've discovered that both I and SWMBO lift our left finger when right-clicking (though not the other way around) so it works perfectly. I spent the first day or so trying to use it as a trackpad, but I think I've got over that now. It is a *little* expensive. But the 27" i5 iMac that came free with it in the box is pretty good too. Cheers - Jaimie -- #include "clue.h"
From: Peter Ceresole on 18 Mar 2010 18:31 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. -- Peter
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 18 Mar 2010 18:53 On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:31:04 +0000, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) 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. 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. >But when my Logitech mice give up, it'll have to be Logitech >replacements. My lovely Logitech with the fancy clicky/freewheel action is sat on the shelf now... it was supplanted very quickly! The wireless keyboard that also came with the i5 was instantly reallocated to the TV Mini, I've been wanting to do that for some time now. Cheers - Jaimie -- "You know how dumb the average person is? Well, by definition, half of 'em are dumber than THAT." - J.R. "Bob" Dobbs
From: Peter Ceresole on 18 Mar 2010 19:58 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? Excellent- in that case I'll give it a try. The only problem is that Anne (who has 10.5.8 on her MBP) wouldn't want to use it. The *second* only problem is that I don't think my iG5 has Bluetooth. 'No information found' in System Profiler. Ah well. Back to Logitech. -- Peter
From: Rowland McDonnell on 19 Mar 2010 01:11
Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> 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. > > MagicPrefs is presumably the bundled prefpane? Don't think so. <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/75024208> "Product Description: MagicPrefs is a free menubar application for OSX which aims to improve the functionality and configuration options of the Apple Magic Mouse. It features the ability to bind a variable number of finger clicks, taps, swipes, pinch and other gestures to functions like Middle Click , Hold Down Both Mouse Buttons , Spaces , Expose, Dashboard etc. Touch Sensitivity implements a single point control for a number of factors impacting the algorithms of the taps, swipes, pinch and other gestures. Tracking Speed adds the ability to increase the maximum mouse speed by a extra 200%. Also featured is a real-time display of the fingers touching the surface of the mouse that you can enable to test and monitor the way the mouse sees your input. What's new in this version: the zone for scrolling is now editable,the Left Double Click action is now also available for all click gestures etc Operating System Requirements: This product is designed to run on the following operating systems: * Mac OS X 10.5 Intel * Mac OS X 10.5 PPC Additional Requirements: * Mac OS X 10.5 - 10.6.x" [snip] Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |