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Everyone is the edge of something. 20% of the population is left handed and can't use Chromebook comfortably because of this bug.

by hopler 8y ago

DanBC 8y ago
I though Chrome has a setting to swap the primary mouse button?
- pgeorgi 8y ago
  Chrome OS, Settings, Mouse, Swap primary button (or something like that, I'm using the German locale).
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
    Since they already have this setting, one wonders why it is not trivial to extend it to allow remapping of all the available buttons.
    - pgeorgi 8y ago
      The left and right button (plus scroll wheel these days) are standardized and pretty much guaranteed to work on arbitrary USB mice because otherwise users would revolt. Even reliable support for the middle button was a matter of luck for a long time, years ago (that was before scroll wheels were a thing). Everything else the OS can't really expect to work. There's a reason why vendors of such advanced input devices provide their own config tools for Windows and macOS: both systems don't even try to support that clusterfuck out of the box.
      - AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
        After looking at the USB HID protocol for mice, I see what you mean. I was making the assumption that the button was detected by the OS and just not mappable by the user, but the protocol doesn't specify past the first 3 buttons so that isn't necessarily true.
shtolfensie 8y ago
Why couldn't you use a Chromebook comfortably because you are left handed? I am left handed and I use a mouse just like any other right handed person. I don't know anyone who is left handed and uses the mouse with their left hand. So saying that 20% of the population can't use Chromebooks comfortably isn't right in my opinion. I'm sure for some people it is a problem, I'm not trying to say that it's not. I also think that it's pretty stupid that you can't reassign the mouse buttons and I really don't like their response to the problem. Or is there a different reason why it should be uncomfortable?

Everyone is the edge of something. 20% of the population is left handed and can't use Chromebook comfortably because of this bug.

by hopler 8y ago

Everyone is the edge of something. 20% of the population is left handed and can't use Chromebook comfortably because of this bug.

DanBC 8y ago

I though Chrome has a setting to swap the primary mouse button?

pgeorgi 8y ago
Chrome OS, Settings, Mouse, Swap primary button (or something like that, I'm using the German locale).
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
  Since they already have this setting, one wonders why it is not trivial to extend it to allow remapping of all the available buttons.
  - pgeorgi 8y ago
    The left and right button (plus scroll wheel these days) are standardized and pretty much guaranteed to work on arbitrary USB mice because otherwise users would revolt. Even reliable support for the middle button was a matter of luck for a long time, years ago (that was before scroll wheels were a thing). Everything else the OS can't really expect to work. There's a reason why vendors of such advanced input devices provide their own config tools for Windows and macOS: both systems don't even try to support that clusterfuck out of the box.
    - AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
      After looking at the USB HID protocol for mice, I see what you mean. I was making the assumption that the button was detected by the OS and just not mappable by the user, but the protocol doesn't specify past the first 3 buttons so that isn't necessarily true.

shtolfensie 8y ago

Why couldn't you use a Chromebook comfortably because you are left handed? I am left handed and I use a mouse just like any other right handed person. I don't know anyone who is left handed and uses the mouse with their left hand. So saying that 20% of the population can't use Chromebooks comfortably isn't right in my opinion. I'm sure for some people it is a problem, I'm not trying to say that it's not. I also think that it's pretty stupid that you can't reassign the mouse buttons and I really don't like their response to the problem. Or is there a different reason why it should be uncomfortable?