Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by maskros 1634 days ago
That's probably because you don't have a "real" middle button and are trying to use the awkward to click scroll wheel instead.

If you want to go real old school and have a proper middle button, get an HP DY651A optical 3-button USB mouse (no scroll wheel).
3 comments
aidenn0 1634 days ago
I use the elecom EX-G trackball[1] for this reason. The default button mapping is middle-click on the scroll-wheel but it has 3 full-sized buttons on top as well and remapping is easy. There's nothing worse than middle-clicking to paste and having the scroll wheel scroll the screen slightly.

1: http://xahlee.info/kbd/elecom_trackball_ex-g.html

link
yingbo 1634 days ago
I prefer to just use a normal mice (In fact mine is not that normal because it is vertical). I'm on macOS and why bother to shop an old school one for rare usage? That's why I prefer the context menu too.
link
kevin_thibedeau 1634 days ago
IBM scrollpoint nice have a real middle button without giving up a scroller.
link