Who really uses the scrolly-wheely thingy?

[Richardo]

[donco6]

1. I LIKE it.

Use it all the time.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

2. i would go crazy without a scroll button

how do you get to the bottom of web pages?

[kick-ass-bob]

3. whenever I am using someone elses computer

my middle finger heads straight to the center to scroll.
When its not there I go:

:wtf:


And which one of you has my f'n mouse?!?!
:grr:

[SmileyBoy]

14. I use my index finger for the scrolly wheel.

But it's the same idea.:D

[brainshrub]

4. In Firefox, if you click on a link with the scrolly-wheely thingy,

the page will open up in a tab. :D

Have I mentioned today how much I love Firefox?

[4morewars]

5. HAH !

I didn't know that ! I was always thinking there should be a way to do that, I just did it with the link in your sig. I love firefox ! Thanks for the tip. Ya can learn something new everyday.

[brainshrub]

11. You think that's cool! Try these Extensions:

Mouse Gestures 1.0
Allows you to execute common commands with the mouse. That doesn't sound like a big deal, but once you've tried it you don't go back. (For example, instead of clicking the "back" button to see the previous page, I hold my right-button down and make a quick mouse gesture to the left... and BAM ... I'm at the previous page. It makes surfing much faster.)
http://optimoz.mozdev.org/gestures/

Bug Me Not 0.6.1
Bypass compulsory web registration! Bwhahahahaha!!!! Just for this feature alone I would have switched to Firefox AND actually paid for the privilege.
http://extensions.roachfiend.com/

Gmail Notifier 0.4
I'm still experimenting with Gmail... so far so good. :D I like the notifier.
http://www.nexgenmedia.net/extensions/

There are many other Extensions I love, maybe later on today I will start a "my favorite Firefox extensions" thread.

[4morewars]

31. Thanks !

I already have BugMeNot, but i was sceptical of the mouse gestures, Now I think I will give it a try !

I think the Firefox extensions thread would be a great idea ! This is what a browser is supposed to be.
I can't help but be reminded what a shitty product windoze is !

[progressiveBadger]

17. Yeah, that feature rules!

Did you also know that you can then automatically bookmark all your tabs at once into a folder? Just Ctrl+D (in windows), then click the checkbox to bookmark all tabs...

[yellowdogintexas]

21. that is so cool, do you think I may have actually learned

something about Fire Fox that my hubby does not know?
Tune in tomorrow and find out

[brainshrub]

24. Let us know.

I'm waiting with abated breath.

[yellowdogintexas]

27. aha!!!!! I found something about Firefox that my husband didn't know

thank you all!

He thought it was pretty cool: both that it works and that I knew it and he didn't (he is nice that way)

<<grins>>

[BrewerJohn]

26. Which can be a bit of a gotcha

if you have a heavy finger on the wheel. I kept finding tabs with DU pages in them that I hadn't opened on purpose, and couldn't figure out how they got there until I thought about scrolling down over all those links...

[Not_Giving_Up]

32. That's good info!!!

I've been using Firefox for a couple of weeks now, and it was driving me crazy that i couldn't figure out how to make it just open up in another tab.

[underpants]

6. DO you mean a tracker ball?

Mine broke a couple of weeks ago and those dummyheads in purchasing haven't gotten me a new one yet. I am used and old fashioned mouse and I HATE IT!!!

[Richardo]

8. No. One of these.

I've never gotten in the habit of using it (the wheel).

[underpants]

15. I have one at home and yes I use it

Pretty cool actually.

[nickinSTL]

7. I love it

Have it on my home computer, but at work, I'm stuck with one of the ancient 'only has two buttons' kind :eyes:

Good news is, we're supposed to get new computers...someday.

[kedrys]

9. Erm, TWO buttons?

You guys are really WEIRD. :P

That said, when I'm on a Windoze machine that has the scrolly thing and I remember it's there, I love it!

--mac dweebie

[Richardo]

12. I thought about you mac dweebs - how you do it, I have no idea

BTW, Mrs R. is a mac dweeb - we're in a mixed marriage.

[kedrys]

16. My recollection is a tad fuzzy, but

I could swear Macs has mice (mouses?) before PCs.

As to how Mac dweebs do it, well, after 20 years, it's like breathing.

There *are* 2+ button mouse devices (deftly skirting figuring out the correct plural) for the Mac. I just never bothered to get one.

Inventory:
one original beige G3 tower, aging somewhat gracefully
one iMac, being used right now
one Wall Street PowerBook, with slight personality problems
one borrowed Dell Attitude notebook, holding up surprisingly well
two more Dell notebooks, on loan from the S.O.'s job
2 ancient Smithsonian-grade Powerbooks
one Windows tower, borrowed, seriously underpowered

In the works: one mac mini and a G5 book when they come out

Guess what we do for a living? :P

[progressiveBadger]

18. I have a hard time using my Mac without a two+ button mouse...

Of course, I use Final Cut a LOT, and two buttons are almost mandatory. But I have to say that OS X itself does a good job of only making one button necessary.

[realisticphish]

33. mac brother, you are missing out

cast off your mac standard mouse, and purchase a nice logitech wireless keyboard/mouse combo...it comes with scroll wheel and double buttons, ALL of which are integrated into (most) mac programs

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[sundog]

10. I can't use a regular mouse now

[SmileyBoy]

13. I ALWAYS use it.

I definitely couldn't LIVE without a mouse with a scroll wheel.

[chenGOD]

19. I'm not even old skool and I remember using computers before there

was a mouse attached to one.

But I love my mouse now, and I love the scroll wheel.

Apple mice: easy to use with one button, thanks to the Mac OS forcing developers to show some thought in implementing their menus.

[madinmaryland]

20. How do you think I found this page

Used the scroll-wheel thingy!

[Cush]

22. always use it

[marigold20]

23. Scrolly thing at home, but not at work

I'm hopelessly confused. One answer to my problem would be "Quit and stay home" Yeah, I could live with that.

[Spider Jerusalem]

25. I hate mice without scroll wheels now.

It makes text editing, zooming in graphics applications, and web browsing MUCH easier. I've also gotten used to using a 5-button mouse (click on the wheel is button 3, to switch windows; buttons 4 and 5 on either side, back and forward in web browser).

[Spirochete]

28. I could never go back

to a regular two-button mouse with a ball. Optical mouse with scroll wheel has spoiled me for life.

[El Fuego]

29. Ima scrollin' and a wheelin' all over this here DU board.

That's for dang sure.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

30. I never took notice of it for the longest time. Then one magical day...

I used it and it was beautiful. I couldn't live without it :loveya:

[realisticphish]

34. i would curl up and die

if i had to use my computer without it. especially the internet


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat