Are there any laptops with 17"-ish screens, and more than two mouse
buttons? I can't find any at all. (A scroll button or whatever would do
if it 'looks' like just another mouse button to the operating system.)

-- Mark

"Mark T.B. Carroll" <Mark.Carroll@Aetion.com> wrote in message
news:87hcx2vjq8.fsf@ixod.org
> Are there any laptops with 17"-ish screens, and more than two mouse
> buttons? I can't find any at all. (A scroll button or whatever would
> do if it 'looks' like just another mouse button to the operating
> system.)

Touchpads have a scroll region, in both directions. They also have tap
to click which is cool, but I accidentally tap to click all of the time,
so I turn mine off.

--
Bill

"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> writes:

> "Mark T.B. Carroll" <Mark.Carroll@Aetion.com> wrote in message
> news:87hcx2vjq8.fsf@ixod.org
>> Are there any laptops with 17"-ish screens, and more than two mouse
>> buttons? I can't find any at all. (A scroll button or whatever would
>> do if it 'looks' like just another mouse button to the operating
>> system.)
>
> Touchpads have a scroll region, in both directions. They also have tap
> to click which is cool, but I accidentally tap to click all of the time,
> so I turn mine off.

Yes, part of my problem is that I hate tap-to-click and always
completely disable it, so I can't get extra buttons from my touchpad.

-- Mark

"Mark T.B. Carroll" <Mark.Carroll@Aetion.com> wrote in message
news:8764dif7ps.fsf@ixod.org
> "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> writes:
>
>> "Mark T.B. Carroll" <Mark.Carroll@Aetion.com> wrote in message
>> news:87hcx2vjq8.fsf@ixod.org
>>> Are there any laptops with 17"-ish screens, and more than two mouse
>>> buttons? I can't find any at all. (A scroll button or whatever would
>>> do if it 'looks' like just another mouse button to the operating
>>> system.)
>>
>> Touchpads have a scroll region, in both directions. They also have
>> tap to click which is cool, but I accidentally tap to click all of
>> the time, so I turn mine off.
>
> Yes, part of my problem is that I hate tap-to-click and always
> completely disable it, so I can't get extra buttons from my touchpad.

I don't know Mark. I have never seen one yet.

--
Bill

"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> writes:
(snip)
> I don't know Mark. I have never seen one yet.

Mmmm, nor have I. I've seen three-button touchpads on Thinkpads, Acers,
etc. but none with such a large screen yet.

-- Mark