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Subject: Re: Perfect Sound Isn't, and Possible Hardware Trouble
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Date: Fri, 29-May-87 01:47:12 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 29 01:47:12 1987
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Summary: Suggestion for use of middle button code

In article <3162@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Eels Bwhak' Schwab) writes:
> [ Looking for suggestions for the middle button... ]

My current favorite is to translate simultaneous RIGHT/LEFT mouse clicks
into a MIDDLE (IECODE_MBUTTON) click. I've been interested in using both
clicks to widen the mouse input bandwidth, and the MIDDLE message is already
supported by AmigaKitty (I thought that CATS folks would like that better
than "AmigaDog" :-).

The only software that I've seen so far that uses simultaneous right/left
clicks is Brataccas. Although it is rather awkward to use, with a steep
learning curve and sluggish/touchy reactivity, it is still amazing how
many game actions are controlled sheerly by the mouse. It only took me a little
while to learn the simultaneous clicks, the rest of the learning curve
was adapting to the game's brain-damaged timing sensitivities. This leaves
me with the theory that they had a very good idea, and implemented it badly.

Consider the possibilities:
	1) RIGHT	click
	2) RIGHT	double-click
	3) LEFT		click
	4) LEFT		double-click
	5) MIDDLE	click		(simultaneous right & left click)
	6) MIDDLE	double-click

Right now only half the possibilities are commonly used (1-3). While that
is desirable for many applications where a simple interface is very
important, there are many others that could benefit from higher mouse
bandwidth. I don't give a fig about idealism about how many buttons a
mouse *should* have, by the way...I am simply talking about making use of
what we already have, rather than ignoring the possibilities.

>	If I drag an icon (on a freshly started WorkBench), the icon will
>track the mouse for a while, then stick.  The mouse still moves...

I often have this problem when I haven't washed my screen in a long time;
the icons tend to get gummed up with grime and stick to the screen. A
little Windex, and maybe some spray Teflon applied to the underside of the
icon, usually fixes it right up.  :-)

But seriously, hope your poor Amy feels better soon!
	Doug Merritt		ucbvax!ingres!hatcher