Hi, (and sorry to overpost today with too much .. geeky stuff) I lurrve a good keyboard. And I really love the Dell laptop keyboards (or the IBM ThinkPad) as they have this extremely useful mouse nipple located between the ghb. You never have to go and search for your mouse again while typing. Or in linux, you never have to reach for your mouse again to paste a selection. And now .. someone has build this into a mini KB! http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=1138 So slick! I know what I'm making this winter ;) And check out how this guy made the mouse buttons. -Kenny ps: for those who really don't know what the nipple mouse is: http://xkcd.com/243/ -- ================================================================== Kenny Billiau Web Developer Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM kenny.billiau@psb.ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be ==================================================================
Kenny Billiau schreef:
Or in linux, you never have to reach for your mouse again to paste a selection.
Now you mention it: I indeed always use the middle mouse button to paste (something I even tend to do on Windows, with disappointing results). But if you're working with a touchpad, no mouse within reach, how do you make the middle-button-paste-click? I have drivers to make the touchpad detect a three-finger-hit to emulate the middle mouse, but this results in randomly smashing the touchpad with the palm of my hand multiple times. It's not very accurate. Do you have a better solution? thanks, T. PS. I have no intend of attaching a clit mouse to my laptop. -- ================================================================== Thomas Van Parys Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM thomas.vanparys@psb.ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be ==================================================================
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Thomas Van Parys wrote:
Kenny Billiau schreef:
Or in linux, you never have to reach for your mouse again to paste a selection.
Now you mention it: I indeed always use the middle mouse button to paste (something I even tend to do on Windows, with disappointing results). But if you're working with a touchpad, no mouse within reach, how do you make the middle-button-paste-click? I have drivers to make the touchpad detect a three-finger-hit to emulate the middle mouse, but this results in randomly smashing the touchpad with the palm of my hand multiple times. It's not very accurate. Do you have a better solution?
At the same time hitting left and right mouse button mostly emulates a middle mouse click.
thanks, T.
PS. I have no intend of attaching a clit mouse to my laptop.
Luckily you can do what you want (so if no-one finds such a keyboard as awesom-O as I do, does this make me obsessed?). The only fear I have is that Elisabeth would read this as a clit moose :/ (which you probably have to pet to get any pointer movement) -Kenny
Kenny Billiau wrote:
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Thomas Van Parys wrote:
Kenny Billiau schreef:
Or in linux, you never have to reach for your mouse again to paste a selection.
Now you mention it: I indeed always use the middle mouse button to paste (something I even tend to do on Windows, with disappointing results). But if you're working with a touchpad, no mouse within reach, how do you make the middle-button-paste-click? I have drivers to make the touchpad detect a three-finger-hit to emulate the middle mouse, but this results in randomly smashing the touchpad with the palm of my hand multiple times. It's not very accurate. Do you have a better solution?
At the same time hitting left and right mouse button mostly emulates a middle mouse click.
thanks, T.
PS. I have no intend of attaching a clit mouse to my laptop.
Luckily you can do what you want (so if no-one finds such a keyboard as awesom-O as I do, does this make me obsessed?). The only fear I have is that Elisabeth would read this as a clit moose :/ (which you probably have to pet to get any pointer movement)
Be without fear! I can read AND distinguish between a mouse and a moose (even if some people invent the same plural for both..). And btw unfortunately my keyboard is still not purring!!
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Be without fear! I can read AND distinguish between a mouse and a moose (even if some people invent the same plural for both..). And btw unfortunately my keyboard is still not purring!!
Get a keyboard with a wrist support pad so Kenny and me can cram in the sensor bar ;) -- ================================================================== Sebastian Proost PhD Student Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 92 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM sepro@psb.ugent.be http://www.psb.ugent.be ================================================================== "If I knew what I was doing, it wouldn't be called research." --Albert Einstein
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Sebastian Proost wrote:
Be without fear! I can read AND distinguish between a mouse and a moose (even if some people invent the same plural for both..). And btw unfortunately my keyboard is still not purring!!
Get a keyboard with a wrist support pad so Kenny and me can cram in the sensor bar ;)
Ja. go and mail IT for a new keyboard :) I heard they have got nothing to do atm ;)
Kenny Billiau schreef:
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Thomas Van Parys wrote:
I indeed always use the middle mouse button to paste (something I even tend to do on Windows, with disappointing results). But if you're working with a touchpad, no mouse within reach, how do you make the middle-button-paste-click? I have drivers to make the touchpad detect a three-finger-hit to emulate the middle mouse, but this results in randomly smashing the touchpad with the palm of my hand multiple times. It's not very accurate. Do you have a better solution?
At the same time hitting left and right mouse button mostly emulates a middle mouse click.
My, so it does. But it has to be very simultaneous. T. -- ================================================================== Thomas Van Parys Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM thomas.vanparys@psb.ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be ==================================================================
Omfg! This works on the touchpad of my tiny little pc! I already knew it could do the two-finger-scroll, but this just made my day :D (I'm used to opening and closing tabs with the middle mouse click all the time (firefox, netbeans, ...), and was really missing this functionality) tnx! Sofie Kenny Billiau schreef:
At the same time hitting left and right mouse button mostly emulates a middle mouse click.
if it's just for firefox, you might like the mouse gestures add-on as well? http://www.mousegestures.org/ nathalie Sofie Van Landeghem wrote:
Omfg! This works on the touchpad of my tiny little pc! I already knew it could do the two-finger-scroll, but this just made my day :D (I'm used to opening and closing tabs with the middle mouse click all the time (firefox, netbeans, ...), and was really missing this functionality)
tnx! Sofie
Kenny Billiau schreef:
At the same time hitting left and right mouse button mostly emulates a middle mouse click.
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