Xref: utzoo comp.misc:7708 comp.cog-eng:1485 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.cog-eng Subject: Re: Multi-button mice (Re: Xerox sues Apple!) Message-ID: <7339@ficc.uu.net> Date: 18 Dec 89 17:59:22 GMT References: <172@comcon.UUCP> <7326@ficc.uu.net> <9320@hoptoad.uucp> <1989Dec18.081450.28019@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 19 > > I have *never* seen a non-techno-jock user who could keep the mouse > > buttons straight. Multi-button mice are brain-damaged. Try it on the Amiga. The two buttons are SELECT and MENU, and are almost universally supported. For some reason paint programs are the exception: and they use the MENU button for ERASE... probably because dPaint did things that wau. > The problem with multi-button mice is confusion of buttons. > The problem may be just lack of consistency; I would venture to say that the problem *is* a lack of consistency. And this relates, of course, to the XWindows "tools, not rules" paranoia. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . 'U` Also or . "It was just dumb luck that Unix managed to break through the Stupidity Barrier and become popular in spite of its inherent elegance." -- gavin@krypton.sgi.com