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> Most of my desktop use is on a Thinkpad laptop with no mouse and the trackpad disabled. > I don't have a scroll wheel or a touch screen. I use the middle bu
by lorenzhs 10y ago
> Most of my desktop use is on a Thinkpad laptop with no mouse and the trackpad disabled.
> I don't have a scroll wheel or a touch screen.
I use the middle button + trackpoint for scrolling - works great. That's the default on most Linux distros/desktop environments, might require some configuration on Windows.
- dredmorbius 10y agoSpacebar is a far larger target. Fitts' Law.
- CydeWeys 10y agoI don't think that's particularly applicable here. I doubt that any touch typist has problems finding the vast majority of the keys on their keyboard (or mouse). Also, how often do you hit space while reading an article anyway, a couple of times per minutes? It's nowhere near being time-sensitive. Even if it somehow took you ten seconds to find it each time before you hit it, your finger would have found it and be settled on it by the time you reached the bottom of the page and were ready to go onto the next.
- lorenzhs 10y agoBut the middle track point button is just the right distance. When I relax my hand muscles and place it on the keyboard so that the tip of the index finger is on the track point, the thumb is on the track point buttons. Perfect distance. Using the space bar would be uncomfortable.