On Fri, 2 May 2003 15:41:25 -0400, Paul Pelzl <pelzlpj@eecs.umich.edu> wrote:
I like the idea, but would this cause problems for people using two-button mice in emulated three-button mode? I would think that both of these shortcuts could be interpreted as middle clicks...
Actually, I have already been using these mouse short-cuts with an emulated third-button mouse and Opera. The Opera browser has the same mouse button shortcuts I'm suggesting for Dillo; that's where I got the idea. It doesn't confuse the emulated middle-button function because you are clicking and holding one mouse button before clicking the other button; there is a slight time delay. It doesn't take long to get the right feel for it and the reward is really snappy navigation through the page history. (I should have given Opera credit for the idea in my first message, but I was concerned that the Dillo developers would think I was proposing the implementation of Opera's much more complex 'mouse gestures'. I'm not suggesting that, just a couple of relatively simple mouse key combinations that gives a very worthwhile benefit and that fits in with the Dillo objective for speed.) Bill -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/