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    Anyone hate that dells dont have a middle mouse button ?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by wearetheborg, Sep 10, 2007.

  1. wearetheborg

    wearetheborg Notebook Virtuoso

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    Anyone hate that dells in general dont have a middle mouse button ?
    The precision laptops do, but I dont think the others do.
    :mad:

    I heavily use the middle mouse button when opening up tabs in firefox.
     
    wearetheborg, Sep 10, 2007
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  2. L.Rawlins

    L.Rawlins Notebook Evangelist

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    Pressing both buttons together operates the conventional 'middle click' action in softwares.
     
    L.Rawlins, Sep 10, 2007
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  3. Jengu

    Jengu Notebook Guru

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    L.Rawlins is right. Clicking both buttons together on my Vostro 1400 with Vista does a middle click. I don't know whether this is a Vista feature or the trackpad daemon though. If you're running Linux then Xorg will do this by default regardless.
     
    Jengu, Sep 10, 2007
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    i actually like the pointer that comes on the lenovo/thinkpads myself i really wish (i know most people hate it) that they had them as an option on the dell's
     
    zfactor, Sep 10, 2007
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    I love the pointer on my 8200. I really wish the new ones had it too, but I guess I'll have to get used to that darn touchpad.

    I love the pointer because you can leave your hands on the keyboard and don't have to move back and forth between the mouse and keyboard. Index finger works pointer, thumb works the buttons. It makes moving and typing so much easier...
     
    talz13, Sep 10, 2007
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  6. L.Rawlins

    L.Rawlins Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm using XP Pro at work and it functions in this flavour of Windows too. I believe it has existed in quite a number of incarnations of operating systems and is by no means 'a new thing' to notebooks.

    It just doesn't declare itself to a user quite as readily as the visual cue of an actual third button on the notebook.
     
    L.Rawlins, Sep 10, 2007
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    sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

    you guys made my day! Middle button, here I come
     
    n19htmare, Sep 10, 2007
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