[plug] Linux on Laptops

[W.Kenworthy]

Maybe if the ui is designed for one button - but I am not sure one
button is good design as it is so limiting - modifiers quickly become
ridiculous and complex: why not just have two buttons (my current mode
is three buttons, the third also having a scroll wheel - when they are
not available, it feels so clumsy!) and accept that they have
advantages.  Was reading last night of an "advanced" logitech mouse with
10 buttons + other functions - that is ridiculous too!  The other
problem is that almost all the software I use, even the mac versions
require more than one button, so most of the macs I see have a PC mouse
attached.  I think that answers the question!

Also, I am curious, why answer a question I put nearly a month ago
today? (see dates below)

BillK 

On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 23:19 +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 23:02 +0800, Chris Caston wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 15:42, W.Kenworthy wrote:
> > > I find it frustrating in the extreme to use a mac, laptop or otherwise.
...
> > > BillK
> > 
> > There are good reasons for having only 1 button.
> > 
...
> > If the UI is designed properly you only need one mouse button.
> 
> Again, I agree - it should be possible to get basic functionality out of
> the UI with one button. HOWEVER, if you want to get around quickly and
> efficiently, take shortcuts to advanced features, and generally work
> better, then extra mouse buttons are in my experience extremely useful.
> 
> Advanced mac UI users, after all, often end up
> lcontrol-alt-shift-rcontrol-with-nose-clicking to make up for the
> limited mouse UI. OK, so that's overplaying it a bit, but the modifier
> clicks do get excessive.
> 
> --
> Craig Ringer