Mouse Gestures Gain Followers

StefMeister writes "According to this article at ZDNet, the use of the mouse using 'mouse gestures' (as introduced in Opera) is gaining a lot of followers. Personally, I almost solely use the keyboard as input device, but it might be interesting for others. Although changing the way people are accustomed to working is always tricky." I certainly enjoy gestures in Mozilla, thanks to OptiMoz.

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Re:The mouse-wheel

[distributed.karma]

Who needs a scrollwheel or scrollbar when there are arrow keys on the keyboard?

IMHO the best combination is to use the left hand for the mouse, and the right for keyboard. The keyboard and the mouse both have their advantages, so why not enjoy them at the same time?

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Adding lots of bells and whistles to the mouse seems like an evil M$ plan. They want you to do everything with the mouse, it's so fun an easy just to click your way through the computing experience. Now if you really think it's so great to use the mouse, why don't you ditch the fscking keyboard and get a virtual, clickable keyb instead?
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