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Why do you use a mouse without a scrollwheel?
by ugjka 5y ago
Why do you use a mouse without a scrollwheel?
- bitcharmer 5y agoI'd love to see OP's response to that. I don't think I have seen anyone using a mouse without a scroll wheel for at least a decade.
- throwaway889900 5y agoMiddle mouse button + dragging works fine, faster than scrolling in some situations.
- stilisstuk 5y agoI have a be trackball and a vertical mouse. Both expensive. Both without proper scroll. Many trackwheels on are also slow at of you want to flick many pages down. I rely mostly in keyboard.
- chrisseaton 5y ago> Many trackwheels on are also slow at of you want to flick many pages down. This is why the Apple Magic Mouse is so great - it's essentially a phone surface instead of physical buttons.
- floren 5y agoI use the acme text editor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_(text_editor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_(text_editor) for work every day. It makes heavy use of mouse chords, so I need 3 real buttons on the mouse, and it's hard to find a mouse with 3 real buttons and a scrollwheel which doesn't get in the way of the buttons. I've got a Kensington Expert Mouse trackball which works pretty well, but at the end of the day an old Logitech PS/2 mouse plugged into a converter is my go-to.
- akvadrako 5y agoI use the middle button lots and the MX master 3 has never given me issues.
- kelnos 5y agoOn the mice I've used recently, the scroll wheel itself was clickable as a middle button. Is that not sufficient for your purposes?
- floren 5y agoUnfortunately not... after prolonged use, my middle finger gets pretty painful from the mid-clicking. It's less ergonomic than a real button.
- kesslern 5y agoConsider a Ploopy trackball. There are 4 easy accessible buttons on the mouse plus another under the scroll wheel, and it's fully programmable. https://ploopy.co/classic-trackball/ https://ploopy.co/classic-trackball/
- reassembled 5y agoMay as well call it Tracky McTrackface. Looks like and awesome project but “Ploopy” is such an odd naming choice. Is it a non-English word or have special meaning in the community?
- detaro 5y agohttps://blog.ploopy.co/yall-need-a-new-name-48 https://blog.ploopy.co/yall-need-a-new-name-48
- bityard 5y agoYou might like the Logitech Anywhere MX. 5 real buttons and a scroll wheel that toggles between clicky and smooth. Only downside is that it's not bluetooth, it needs a tiny USB dongle.
- bityard 5y agoGenuinely curious what you do when you have to navigate a long document or page that doesn't have a clickable table of contents. If you're at the top and you need to get somewhere close to the bottom, do you just sit there and flick the scroll wheel for 5 minutes?
- tokai 5y agoJust hit End?
- alar44 5y agoPage down?
- duped 5y agoAlt + Scroll in my text editor Middle Click -> Scroll on the web Page Up/Page down everywhere else
- selfhoster11 5y agoNot parent, but I use a trackball. Apparently adding a plain scroll wheel onto one is rocket science or something, based on the prices.
- ginko 5y agoThere’s tons of trackballs with wheels. Both CST Lasertrac and Kensington Expert Mouse have them.
- selfhoster11 5y agoThe Expert Mouse costs a lot, lot more than a simple trackball. And my subjective feeling is that it's actually less ergonomic than the cheaper Logitech I've got.
- voltaireodactyl 5y agoIf you’re open to spending about the same (about $10 more), then the Logitech MX Ergo might be exactly what you’re after. https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/mice/mx-ergo-wireless-trackball-mouse.910-005178.html https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/mice/mx-ergo-wireles...
- selfhoster11 5y agoI cannot use that kind of trackball. It relies on actuation with my thumbs, and it hasn't worked out very well in the ones I tried. I prefer "ambidextrous" ones with the ball in the middle.
- voltaireodactyl 5y agoWell for the record then this is my jam and I cannot express how much I love it: https://www.rtings.com/mouse/reviews/elecom/huge-m-ht1drbk https://www.rtings.com/mouse/reviews/elecom/huge-m-ht1drbk There’s also the slightly smaller Deft Pro (https://switchandclick.com/elecom-deft-pro-review/ https://switchandclick.com/elecom-deft-pro-review/) which I also own and use for travel — it has a superior scroll wheel and therefore may be a superior choice for you. For me the Huge has a perfect form factor that outweighs all else. On mac I use steermouse to map the buttons. I promise to stop being a trackball pusher now.
- chillfox 5y agoMaybe touch pad on a laptop?