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No-click Mouse?
TheRealZappa writes "For quite a while now I have been looking for a mouse that would not make any "clicking" sound when the buttons are pressed... Does it even exist? So to all you quiet-pc amateurs and hardware hackers... Can it be hacked? Can it be bought somewhere?" Sure it exists, I think they call it a "trackball" or "touchpad". Seriously, I've never had a non-broken mouse that didn't click.
oh, you don't live in Michael's alternate reality universe? too bad.
Wouldn't that seriously impair your ability to click on link?
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To celebrate the occasion of my 1000th post, I will post no more forever on Slashdot. Goodbye.
the geeky thing to do would be to use your standard mouse, or maybe a serial mouse, plug it into a set of driving-game pedals (1 gas, 1 brake). Epoxy your mouse buttons in the up position, and don't use the click function until you hack together a driver that lets you do variable-force clicking. :)
moox. for a new generation.
I've seen a mouse like this before. It's the StupidaMouse, the mouse with no buttons ("so users will stop clicking on things and crashing their computers"). [HTML]
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Secondly, I wanted a no-click mouse so that repeated clicks on record nav or field property buttons wouldn't be confused by my co-workers as me playing FreeCell.
Yeah, that's it!
GTRacer
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Defending IP by destroying access to it? That makes sense, RIAA/MPAA. Go to the corner until you can play nice!
I'd pay a hundred dollars for a mouse like this.
I'd give it to my roomate, and then I would be free of the 'click click click click click' of Diablo!
Sure it exists, I think they call it a "trackball" or "touchpad". Seriously, I've never had a non-broken mouse that didn't click.
Once again proving Michael is stupidest editor on Slashdot. Michael, it's THE BUTTONS that are clicking, NOT THE MOUSE BALL. Why do you think a trackball or touchpad would not have clicking buttons? Is there some intrinsic property to a very large ball that would cause it not to have clicking buttons?
Do you actually read what the people are asking before adding your inane comments?
Yes, this is Flamebait, go ahead and mark me down. But it's worth losing the 3 points to make this point.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
HER: Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
ME (still typing): Uh huh.
HER: Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
ME (wondering my MySQL is giving me an error, click click click): Yeah.
HER: Blah blah blah are you even listening to me?
ME (same error, WTF!): Yeah, of course I am.
HER: No you aren't. Your using your computer again.
ME (stops typing): No I'm not.....
HER: Blah blah blah blah blah
ME (switching windows): Yeah.
HER: Blah blah what was that? Your using your computer! I just heard your mouse!
Me: Um... that was a bird outside or something.
Busted again.
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