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kevdog
October 27th, 2007, 05:12 AM
Where the heck to I get a 3 button mouse for ubuntu. Seems like all MS or Logitech mice are made with 2 buttons!
xl_cheese
October 27th, 2007, 05:13 AM
use the mouse wheel.

Laptops press both at the same time.
LaRoza
October 27th, 2007, 05:21 AM
use the mouse wheel.


Or left and right at same time.
santiagoward2000
October 27th, 2007, 05:21 AM
Laptops press both at the same time.

Actually, you can do that with regular mice too, not only with laptops' pads.
DJ_Peng
October 27th, 2007, 05:49 AM
I've got a Labtec rodent with a srcoll wheel that cilcks just fine.
John.Michael.Kane
October 27th, 2007, 02:43 PM
Where the heck to I get a 3 button mouse for ubuntu. Seems like all MS or Logitech mice are made with 2 buttons!

This might fit the bill.
Labtec 3-Button PS/2 Mouse (http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=911528-0403-DT&cm_mmc=googleproducts-_-Mice-Optical/Trackball-_-StandardMice-_-911528-0403-DT&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=911528-0403-DT)

Labtec 3 Button Mouse (http://www.superwarehouse.com/p.cfm?p=277261&CMP=KAC-Froogle)
forrestcupp
October 27th, 2007, 02:51 PM
use the mouse wheel.


+1

Usually the mouse wheel can be pressed and it is the 3rd button. It's the evolution of the mouse. They had 3 button mice before the mouse wheel was standard. Then they came out with the mouse wheel and killed 2 birds with 1 stone by making it pressable and into the 3rd button. Some mice have wheels that can even be pressed to the right and left for vertical and horizontal scrolling.
maybeway36
October 27th, 2007, 02:55 PM
The mouse wheel is one of my favorite computer inventions :)
adamorjames
October 27th, 2007, 02:56 PM
use the mouse wheel.

You mean click down on the mouse wheel, eh? "use" is a vague word. :lolflag:
popch
October 27th, 2007, 03:08 PM
You mean click down on the mouse wheel, eh? "use" is a vague word. :lolflag:

Apply pressure to the wheel normal to the case of the mouse, that is, press the wheel into to case of the mouse body, taking care not to turn the wheel at the same time, until you hear a clicking noise or feel the clicking.
adamorjames
October 27th, 2007, 03:59 PM
Apply pressure to the wheel normal to the case of the mouse, that is, press the wheel into to case of the mouse body, taking care not to turn the wheel at the same time, until you hear a clicking noise or feel the clicking.

much better :D
popch
October 27th, 2007, 04:15 PM
much better :D

You are welcome. Please do not forget to post a report on the magnitude, direction and duration of the force(s) applied, if any, in order for our descendants unto the fourth generation to appreciate the complexity of the technology we used to have to put up with.

Also do not forget to mark your thread as 'solved' when you have successfully clicked the 3rd mouse button.