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Mouse Gestures Gain Followers

Posted by timothy on from the user-interface-decisions dept.

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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  1. The mouse-wheel by garoush · · Score: 4, Interesting

    After the buttons on a mouse, I find the mouse-wheel to be the most attractive and useful feature. Just think how much you save yourself by using the wheel to scroll up/down in your application and keep the arrow focused on the screen not to mention, using one finger.

    You can take away all mouse-gestures and I won't complain, but I will get mad as hell if you give me a mouse without a wheel.

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