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Post by Bartlet »

donteatbark wrote: post #2

It's all fun and games until you find yourself buying this: http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catz-R-A-T-7-Gaming-Mouse/dp/B003C...

That mouse looks terrifying, but actually only has 6 buttons, compared to the (much more attractive) mouse the author references, which as 13. So not sure it's relevant, although it is an interesting curiosity.

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Post by josegonzalez »

donteatbark wrote: post #2

It's all fun and games until you find yourself buying this: http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catz-R-A-T-7-Gaming-Mouse/dp/B003C...

I'm actually about 90% sure I've seen one of those in a box at the SeatGeek office, so perhaps it was all fun and games...

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Post by bbx » 

  Most people do one of two things: (1) move the mouse up to the new tab, click it,
  and then move it back down to the main page or (2) momentarily shift their mouse
  hand over to the keyboard and press a shortcut that moves browser tabs.
Or (3): use your left hand to perform the shortcut. That's why it's sometimes convenient to have passwords that only require your left hand (though only for unimportant websites).

Having mouse shortcuts is not a bad idea per se, but having tried some of these mouses, I always end up clicking accidentally random buttons, especially the small sensitive ones located under the thumb.

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Post by flipstewart »

I thought about getting a mouse once, but...

Apple's trackpads are badass, and you get multitouch gestures, so there's no need for superfluous buttons.

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Post by drek »

The author forgot to mention mouse gestures. The reason I still use Opera over Chrome is because of its excellent support for mouse gestures (the various mouse gesture extensions just aren't that responsive and smooth as Opera's native ones are). To switch tabs I just hold the right mouse button and turn the scroll wheel. To open up a new tab I hold the right mouse button and move the mouse a few pixels down, it doesn't even have to be that precise. For moving back and forward in browser history, I do right button + left mouse button and left mouse button + right mouse button respectively. I wish OS's had native support for mouse gestures system-wide, I think they're widely under-utilized.

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Post by niggler »

The author forgot to mention the awesome 3d mice on the market :) 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse Pro is an amazing mouse not just because of the buttons but because you can use the extra axes (you can yaw/pitch/roll).

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Post by raldi »

I've got a mouse with two extra buttons on the side: one pointing into the screen, and one pointing away. I mapped them to Lower Window and Raise Window. In other words, pushing one while the mouse cursor is over a window moves the window in that 3-D direction.

I love it and I can't live without it now.

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Post by zackkitzmiller »

josegonzalez wrote: post #4
donteatbark wrote: post #2

It's all fun and games until you find yourself buying this: http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catz-R-A-T-7-Gaming-Mouse/dp/B003C...

I'm actually about 90% sure I've seen one of those in a box at the SeatGeek office, so perhaps it was all fun and games...

I'm about 90% sure that that is not true.
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