Mousing: a poll

Sapphire Faerie · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2005 5:41 pm

How specifically do you use the mouse? This mostly refers to the scrollwheel.

Do you use your middle finger on the scrollwheel, or your pointer finger? Do you use your middle finger on the right mouse button, or your ring finger?

I keep my middle finger on the right mouse button at all times, and switch my pointer finger back and forth between the left button and th scroll wheel.
It feels really uncomfortable to try it any other way.

Sock · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2005 5:42 pm

Right now I do not have a scrolly wheel, I have a big ball in the middle of my mouse, which I generally use two of my fingers on.

When I have a scrolly wheel...um...I'll get back to you on that.

fzun · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2005 5:43 pm

Never really thought of it XD. My pointer finger is on the left mouse button, middle on the scrollthing, ring finger on the right mouse button.

Rachel · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2005 5:43 pm

i have my first finger on the left button, middle finger on the scroll wheel and ring finger on the right button

Igg · **Posts:** 6288 **Joined:** Fri Jun 04, 2004 5:47 pm

Left Mouse button- index finger
Scroll Whell- Middle Finger
Right Mouse Button- Ring Finger.

Sapphire Faerie · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2005 5:44 pm

I'm beginning to feel like the odd one out.

Rachel · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2005 5:46 pm

Sapphire Faerie wrote:

I'm beginning to feel like the odd one out.

*giggles* chass is a weiiiiiiirdo!

Divine · **Posts:** 2186 **Joined:** Thu Sep 30, 2004 12:31 pm

I have my index finger on the left button and my ring finger on the right side. The middle finger is usually in the air (above the mouse) or if not, with the ring finger on the right button. When I press the right mouse button though, I use my ring finger, it's just weird keeping my third finger on the scroll wheel.

o_0 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2005 5:49 pm

My left finger is on my laptop's mouse pad thing.

I'm too lazy to hook up my wireless mouse, so I haven't used it in ages.

I usually just use the space bar to scroll, but my mousepad thing has a scroll wheel-ish thing on the far right that is a ridged part of the pad thing and I move my index finger up and down to control it.

Hooray for word salad!

DM was on fire! · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2005 5:50 pm

I have one. I use my middle finger.

Trick · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2005 5:59 pm

Sapphire Faerie wrote:

I'm beginning to feel like the odd one out.

Fear not

I use my index finger for both the left button and the scroll wheel and my middle finger is always on the right button. I use my thumb for back/forward clicking with my snazzy side buttons too =)

MyleneFarmer · **Posts:** 1539 **Joined:** Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:04 am

fzun wrote:

Never really thought of it XD. My pointer finger is on the left mouse button, middle on the scrollthing, ring finger on the right mouse button.

That's how I do it as well. And I go nuts if I'm using a mouse without a scroll wheel. I just don't know what to do with the middle finger.

Kitten Medli · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:12 pm

I use my pointer for everything. Including right mouse button.

Twizzler0171 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:26 pm

My pointer finger is on the left mouse button, except for when I'm using the scroll thing (or typing =P). And then my middle finger is on the right mouse button.

Like Chass. =)

Sapphire Faerie · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:47 pm

Ok, so now Medli is the odd one out.

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