Nine?!

[kareina]

clovis_t needed a new mouse--his right mouse button didn't work any more. He told me that he didn't just want to get a cheap one, so I gave him permission to look for something better than bottom-of-the-line. After all, I insist on a pen/drawing tablet instead of a mouse, so I understand being fussy about how one communicates with one's computer. But, I do have to wonder, does a mouse really need NINE buttons? Sure, I like having a pen with two buttons--one for "double click", and one for "right mouse". But Nine?! Isn't that a bit excessive?

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[kareina.livejournal.com]

I asked, and he reports that the fingers do not share equally, the index finger gets four of them all to itself, the middle finger three of them, and the thumb gets the final two. He also points out that two of the buttons (belonging to the index finger) just adjust the sensitivity of the mouse, so are not used terribly often once you've got them set correctly.