| ▲ | esafak 4 hours ago |
| PC mice haven't had three buttons for decades! |
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| ▲ | j1elo 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Third button has been "hidden" below the mouse wheel for well more than those 10 years, just press the wheel down and you'll hear a mouse button click. |
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| ▲ | ffsm8 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | You'll be surprised to know that there are still some mice that don't support that. Admittedly, I've only had that happen once in the last 15 yrs in a budget "gamer" mouse I instantly returned and replaced with a Logitech g903 at the time (though I've switched mice twice since, and both supported it) | |
| ▲ | wafflemaker 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | And most Linuxes have option for dual click (right and left mouse button) to simulate middle mouse button. Useful, as the wheel button is usually first to die in cheap mice. Not useful, because it made it impossible to play Death Stranding on Linux :( | |
| ▲ | olyjohn 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Ironically, Microsoft pioneered the scroll wheel. | | |
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| ▲ | tremon 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Remember Xerox PARC, the people that developed the first computer GUI? https://archive.is/sKLL > The three button Alto mouse enabled the first bitmapped and overlapping windows display, known as a graphical user interface (GUI). The Alto dates to March of 1973 |
