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Re: What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?
« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2011, 03:02:31 PM »
Total Chaos AGA uses all 3 mouse buttons.

If you do not have a 3rd mouse button then you must use the keyboard for the 3rd button.

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Re: What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?
« Reply #15 on: May 30, 2011, 03:38:53 PM »
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What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?  Is there any software that uses the middle button?


Hi,


"There is no use for a mouse at all, all it does is slow you down by having you remove your hand from the keyboard, PC programs are much better because you don't have this obnoxious interruption. -------- Bill Gates 1987"

So there you have it from the Master

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Re: What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?
« Reply #16 on: May 30, 2011, 03:45:18 PM »
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Hi,


"There is no use for a mouse at all, all it does is slow you down by having you remove your hand from the keyboard, PC programs are much better because you don't have this obnoxious interruption. -------- Bill Gates 1987"

So there you have it from the Master

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Hi Smerf... :)

Have to say for once I actually agree with something Billy Boy Grates said... :)

That's why I grew a third arm... problem solved... :)
(handy though for picking yer nose & typing at the same time as well...) :)

(can be tricky buying nice warm gloves in the winter though...) :(

Cheers

Franko
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Re: What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?
« Reply #17 on: May 30, 2011, 08:03:01 PM »
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What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?  Is there any software that uses the middle button?
A third button option in Dopus 4.....
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Re: What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?
« Reply #18 on: May 30, 2011, 08:07:06 PM »
I wrote a tiny little commodity to make the middle button switch screens (Amiga - M or N, i forget which).
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Re: What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?
« Reply #19 on: May 30, 2011, 11:49:39 PM »
Small keyboards with mouse. No need to lift hand, and easier on wrists.

Though there something special with the rapid direct response a C64 or DOS will give in text mode.

Something that does come across is Gates short sightedness. 640k enough!, keyboard enough!, local disk enough!, who needs internet!?, who needs webb!?, who needs privilege separation!?, etc..

smerf, Any source to that statement by Gates?
« Last Edit: May 30, 2011, 11:52:04 PM by freqmax »
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Re: What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?
« Reply #20 on: May 30, 2011, 11:51:45 PM »
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Small keyboards with mouse.

Though there something special with the rapid direct response a C64 or DOS will give in text mode.

Something that does come across is Gates short sightedness. 640k enough!, keyboard enough!, local disk enough!, who needs internet!?, who needs webb!?, who needs privilege separation!?, etc..


He figured out much the same as Apple has:

People generally don't care about "great". They just want "good enough" and they'll pay for that.
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Re: What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?
« Reply #21 on: May 31, 2011, 03:28:15 AM »
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Small keyboards with mouse. No need to lift hand, and easier on wrists.

Though there something special with the rapid direct response a C64 or DOS will give in text mode.

Something that does come across is Gates short sightedness. 640k enough!, keyboard enough!, local disk enough!, who needs internet!?, who needs webb!?, who needs privilege separation!?, etc..

smerf, Any source to that statement by Gates?


Hi,

Would really have to look that one up, it happened a lot of years ago. Probably the first year that the Amiga came out, he was also looking at the MAC's back then, who also where using mice.

Lets see if I can find it somewhere

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Re: What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?
« Reply #22 on: May 31, 2011, 09:32:08 AM »
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"There is no use for a mouse at all, all it does is slow you down by having you remove your hand from the keyboard, PC programs are much better because you don't have this obnoxious interruption. -------- Bill Gates 1987"


This is a joke, right? He actually said that?! If it is true why is the "640kb is enough... bla bla" more popular in signatures?
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Re: What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?
« Reply #23 on: May 31, 2011, 10:02:06 AM »
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This is a joke, right? He actually said that?! If it is true why is the "640kb is enough... bla bla" more popular in signatures?

Because it's was actually true back then (and to a limited extent, it still is). Keyboard shorcuts are incredibly powerful, especially when compared to early GUI's.
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Re: What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?
« Reply #24 on: May 31, 2011, 12:59:48 PM »
Don't forget what the famous quote says "Real men do it on keyboard only".Probably gates knew that :D
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Re: What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?
« Reply #25 on: May 31, 2011, 01:08:16 PM »
On the subject of mouses...

I can understand why when they first appeared they were called mice cos the cable looked like it's tail (though some of em were big enough to be called Rats back then...) :)

But with wireless meeces these days shouldn't they be called Hamsters instead... :)

A good program/ GUI / desktop, when written well should only require the minimal amount of keyboard use and the mouse should be the main source of input... :)

A good Word Processor/ database etc... should be the opposite in that the keyboard should be the main source of input with the mouse being something that you shouldn't really have to use... :)

Simples... :)
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Re: What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?
« Reply #26 on: May 31, 2011, 01:20:43 PM »
Third mouse button can be very useful if you want to clear your RAM DISK: fast. Map it to reset the machine every time you press the button and it will clear the memory as well.
Just be careful to not press the middle button when you have unsaved work.
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Re: What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?
« Reply #27 on: May 31, 2011, 01:24:35 PM »
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Third mouse button can be very useful if you want to clear your RAM DISK: fast. Map it to reset the machine every time you press the button and it will clear the memory as well.
Just be careful to not press the middle button when you have unsaved work.


:eek: That's gotta be the doggiest tip I've ever heard... :eek:

One wrong click and you could have a lot of work down the drain... :nervous:
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Re: What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?
« Reply #28 on: May 31, 2011, 01:29:46 PM »
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:eek: That's gotta be the doggiest tip I've ever heard... :eek:

One wrong click and you could have a lot of work down the drain... :nervous:


You will learn to control yourself extremely well this way. This is also in pair with the philosophy of Guru meditation. For example coding in assembler - one wrong poke and the Guru comes to visit you.
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Re: What is the point of a 3-button Amiga mouse?
« Reply #29 from previous page: May 31, 2011, 01:36:23 PM »
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You will learn to control yourself extremely well this way. This is also in pair with the philosophy of Guru meditation. For example coding in assembler - one wrong poke and the Guru comes to visit you.


Nah... it don't help if you've got a nervous twitch or Parkinson's disease... :)

PS: Erm.. you don't use "pokes" when coding in assembler on the Amiga so the Guru should never pop by for tea & scones... :)
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