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KrisR1-Visitor
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March 30, 2012
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Five button mouse - which one?

  • March 30, 2012
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I'm looking for a five button mouse to use with Pro that will support double clicking with the thumb button. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Thanks in advance!

Kris


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    dgschaefer21-Topaz II
    21-Topaz II
    March 30, 2012
    I had a rev 3 Vertical Mouse that I wore the bottom edge off of and then
    the cursor started drifting on its own. I replaced it with a rev 4 and
    I love it as well. Helped both my wife (she had a rev 2) and I with our
    repetitive stress injuries.



    One side benefit is that when folks come to your desk to show you
    something and try to grab your mouse, they almost always pull their hand
    back and let you drive because they're intimidated by it. It's really
    not hard to operate, but folks think it looks complicated I guess.



    Doug Schaefer
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    KrisR1-VisitorAuthor
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    March 30, 2012
    Dave,

    I use an Intellipoint 5 button mouse now that I can program the buttons, and I have the thumb set to double click, but it does not work in Pro. Can you verify that yours does work in Pro?
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    KrisR1-VisitorAuthor
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    March 30, 2012
    I use a keyboard drawer due to having neck and shoulder injuries from an accident AND being short. Having my keyboard and mouse on the actual desk is painful!

    I'm a bit concerned about the Evoluent mouses' height and fitting between my keyboard drawer and underside of my desk. It looks really good, though! 😄
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    JamesKasson1-Visitor
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    March 30, 2012
    The Logitech MX1100 has many programmable buttons, one of which is part of the thumb rest. It is a right-handed mouse, and this button is actuated by depressing it with the outside of the pad of the thumb. This button works well for me as the "enter" button, but is programmable as double click. There are a two more buttons directly above the thumb that are actuated with the ball and/or pad of the thumb; these work less well for me, so I guess you'd need to feel one in person to see if they would suit you.

    Regards,
    James
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    dgschaefer21-Topaz II
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    March 30, 2012
    The mouse itself (rev 4) is roughly 3.25" tall. If you can comfortably
    fit your hand vertically in that space, it may work. You do need to
    tilt the mouse up in order to reposition it, so you'd need a bit of
    extra space.



    Doug Schaefer
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    MIchael_Ohlrich1-Visitor
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    March 30, 2012
    I use a IntelliMouse and it is fully programmable... Same size as any typical mouse would be!

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    KrisR1-VisitorAuthor
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    March 30, 2012
    Thanks Dave - I'm on Pro/Creo 5.0.
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    StephenW23-Emerald III
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    March 30, 2012
    I'm using the Evoluent 3 and love it. Solved my painful wrist issue almost immediately.
    It does do the double click with the thumb in WF4, no problem. But I am also using a 3rd party mouse control, so I can't confirm it's out of the box functionality.

    I agree with the other comments about "other" users being intimidated by it, so it has the cool factor also. I would also say that it only took an hour to get used to.

    I bought it with my own money (as opposed to company purchase) and have zero regrets whatsoever. It is also ~3-1/4" tall
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    KrisR1-VisitorAuthor
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    April 2, 2012
    Thanks for all the suggestions! A new mouse is on its way!
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