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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.
So how is this going to work with my track ball?
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I thought this sounded like some nifty gee-whiz crappy feature when I first heard about it, but after trying it in Opera I was quite impressed. It quickly became a normal browsing habit.
The only problem was that on occasion I would accidently make the gesture for "close window" and my pages would magically disappear.
It'd be ultra-nifty if there was a mouse gesture training app, so I could map commands to custom gestures. Then I could bind the movement made when I throw my mouse at my monitor to Ctrl-Alt-Del.
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I think they should implement gestures similar to those in Black & White.
Drawing out something resembling an ancient religious symbol to go back a page would be interesting. I've been looking for a way to push my carpal-tunnel to its limits.
"It uses the middle mouse button to indicate that you are "gesturing" and you can make multi-level menu selections with gestures."
Hey! I use the "middle" gesture. Doesn't work too well, and pisses people off. Don't think my computer likes it either.
I don't think my computer wants to know what gestures I make at it when Windows XP curls up and dies. The good thing is that it reboots into Linux by default, so....
Combine this with one of those infrared finger mice, and you can feel like a Jedi: "This isn't the page you're looking for, go back." *waves hand to the left*
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I give it gesture every day...
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Use the right hand for navigating and the left hand for.. err you know...
At least this is what I heard. It isn't like I do it or anything.
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What, you mean your computer came with a mouse that has only three buttons? What a piece of crap!
Early Logitech serial mice shipped with a text editor called "Point", that used mouse gestures. I was using it back in 1987. The fun thing was editing text without touching the keyboard. Really freaked out my co-workers.
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Oh, well I guess it could have been clearer. Would you be happy if it read "introduced in Opera to people under the average age of dead?"
how the fuck could Opera 'popularize' anything? Doesn't it have to be used by more than 3 people first?
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... It's true, the Super Nintendo had basic support for gestures. It's documented in the manual: "Starting the Game, 1.) flip off the power switch..."
My unit was defective, though...
I mean, there has to be a population of people that were introduced to using gestures by trying to get their animals to stop eating their own shit, throw fireballs at enemies, and make rain clouds appear.
So does this mean that I can make a gesture and all my coding work will be complete? Damn, that would be nice.
I saw a prototype thinkpad he made with TWO Joy Buttons, one for each hand, positioned just like nipples! I think it would have sold very well -- it was certainly very appealing!
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