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From: dsr@stl.stc.co.uk (D.S.Riches)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: No, nobody is left-handed (update on mouse silliness)
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Date: 15 Apr 91 08:56:31 GMT
References: <1991Apr8.194705.1225@ico.isc.com> <1991Apr9.062646.22750@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <615@zogwarg.etl.army.mil>
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In the referenced article anneb@zogwarg.etl.army.mil (Anne Brink) writes:
>
>
>That really depends on a lot of things.  I'm not at all right-moused when
>it comes to precision.  I really need to use a mouse on the left, but I've
>discovered that most software doesn't expect me to swap the buttons around.
>With the buttons swapped, when the software says "click left", I will click the
>left button, even though it's now the "right" button 90% of the time.
>

Do you mean that the software has changed the 'right' and 'left'?  If
not then the 'left button` doesn`t become a 'right button' merely by
moving the pad from the RHS to the LHS of a workstation.

   Dave Riches
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