[Amezarak]

If swipe gestures even work with the mouse in Windows 8, I didn't know it and it never occurred to me to even try, though now I'm curious to see what happens when I get back on my laptop. I never even considered trying. You don't do swipes if you have a keyboard and mouse in Windows 8, you use your buttons, menus, clicks, and mouse-wheel just as you suggest. Where did you get the idea that the Win8 interface required gestures?

[Amezarak]

You don't need to swipe, you just move the mouse to the corner of the screen (or use the keyboard shortcut.)

[WiseWeasel]

So you can! Well that's embarrassing. Guess I could try using the thing before I stick my foot in my mouth.

[WiseWeasel]

Opening the Charms bar.