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From: Peter Ceresole on 7 Apr 2010 07:14 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > Interesting how usage experiences can be so different, even on a > system that has low levels of options. I hardly ever double-click > things (cmd-o gets more use), but I use right- and middle-click > constantly. See? Horses for... To be honest, I mostly use Keyboard Maestro. Using a Mac without it feels just... weird. -- Peter
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 7 Apr 2010 07:18 On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 12:06:12 +0100, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> Yes, I remembered that, but when I first came across the Magic Mouse, >> which was when it was first launched and we went on the works outing to >> the Applestore to play with them, I was jolly pissed off to find that I >> couldn't configure it to double click on the right button > >Oh, and I forgot; it costs around �50, and I need to get two. The >Logitech mice I'm getting cost �7.50 each. �56 - it's a big difference! I wouldn't have bought a Magic Mouse, but this one came with a free iMac - and I'm so pleased it did. > Although they do less, they >still suit me down to the ground, and the gestural stuff is less useful >than the Ctrl-scroll zooming and similar stuff that I prefer. On my featureless MM I have these set up, * thanks to BetterTouchTool: Left click, right click, middle click*; Single finger is 2D scroll; Two-finger swipe left is back, right is forward; Three-finger click is previous app*. And it still Just Works as people expect without any familiarisation period. Wonderful bit of kit. The only thing I would rather like would be cleverer one-finger scrolling, it's currently a little prone to unintentional zooming in Google Maps and the like. Cheers - Jaimie -- Okay, it works now. Or at least it malfunctions in all the expected ways. -- Mark Edwards, asr
From: Peter Ceresole on 7 Apr 2010 07:22 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > �56 - it's a big difference! I wouldn't have bought a Magic Mouse, but > this one came with a free iMac - and I'm so pleased it did. Yes, that free iMac might be somwhere close in my future too... I think I can accomodate a 21" on my desk now I've dumped the printer (which lives connected to the MBP in another room). I'm still on dialup in Geneva, so I reckon to take the iG5 there, which I am delighted to discover still has a built in modem... -- Peter
From: Trooper on 7 Apr 2010 07:22 Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: > On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:07:41 +0100, Trooper > <removethis(a)trooperlooper.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > >> Peter Ceresole wrote: >>> Trooper <removethis(a)trooperlooper.co.uk.invalid> wrote: >>> >>>>> I'm just amazed that you got the Logitech software to work properly! >>>>> >>>> It's not the best in the world, is it! >>>> I especially like the feature that randomly slows the scroll wheel down >>>> to an absolute crawl, until you hibernate the machine and bring it back >>>> again. ;) >>> I've been using it for many years now with tailed mice, on laptops and >>> desktops, PPC and Intel. Never the slightest trouble. Always works. No >>> slowdowns. >>> >>> Could I suggest that your setup might be broken? >> You could suggest that, but I think it is a problem with the wireless >> mice and the logitech software, which is probably why you haven't seen it :) > > Never happened to me either, with MX700, MX1000 and MX Revolution > wireless mices. The Logitech Control Centre has been surprisingly well > behaved if a bit feeble in its options. > Oh yes, it's a known problem, but not known to everyone and as doesn't happen to everyone, it's only known if you know it, you know? :) T.
From: Jim on 7 Apr 2010 07:27
Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On my featureless MM I have these set up, * thanks to BetterTouchTool: > Left click, right click, middle click*; > Single finger is 2D scroll; > Two-finger swipe left is back, right is forward; > Three-finger click is previous app*. I was using BTT until today. I've now switched over to Mouse Prefs, just to have a play really. 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/ |