Wireless

[Bozo]

Do the Logitech wireless mice have a replaceable battery in them now? The one I had didn't and when the battery puked, that was the end of the mouse.

CougTek: my Logitech mouse went across the basement into a block wall.

 

[Stereodude]

Shift-click and Ctrl-click are useful in selecting lists.

If you click on the first item, then Shift-click on the last item in a list then everything in between is also selected. Ctrl-Click allows you to selectively toggle individual items in that list.

Oh, I know that one... I meant during activities that could be otherwise entirely mouse driven. I typically have my hands on the keyboard when at the computer. So, I was asking where a shift click is valuable assuming the task you're doing is otherwise entirely mouse driven. The only activity I can think of that might be entirely mouse based is web browsing (assuming you have a back button) and I there don't see any value to a shift click there.

 

[time]

If you click on the first item, then Shift-click on the last item in a list then everything in between is also selected.

You don't need Shift for that, you can just draw a box around the items.

Having said that, I'd be more likely to just use my remaining hand (I have two) to hold down a Shift key.

 

[mubs]

Shift-clicking on a hyperlink in most browsers will open the link in a new window/tab.

The mouse scroll wheel that doubles as a button has always done that for me. :scratch:

 

[sechs]

Do the Logitech wireless mice have a replaceable battery in them now? The one I had didn't and when the battery puked, that was the end of the mouse.

My previous mouse used replaceable lithium-ion packs, but my current one runs on AA batteries.

 

[sechs]

The only activity I can think of that might be entirely mouse based is web browsing (assuming you have a back button) and I there don't see any value to a shift click there.

Well, if you can shift-click with just the mouse, a lot more activities might be entirely mouse-based. Just because you can't conceive of these tasks doesn't mean that the entire thing has no value.

 

[sechs]

You don't need Shift for that, you can just draw a box around the items.

Try doing that for a couple hundred items in a list of thousands. Let me know how your index finger feels after doing that all day.

 

[sechs]

The mouse scroll wheel that doubles as a button has always done that for me. :scratch:

I didn't know that the middle button did that. That is really useful.

It didn't do that back when I was using real three-button mouses in Unix. When did it start?

 

[mubs]

In Windows, since the scroll wheel became clickable. This is native in Windows, don't need no special drivers to be installed. This is the part of a mouse I wear out first; either the scroll wheel doesn't click anymore, or will bounce like a bad shock absorber, resulting in multiple clicks.

 

[time]

Try doing that for a couple hundred items in a list of thousands. Let me know how your index finger feels after doing that all day.

Does that mean you're using a thumb button instead?