QUERY: Mouse nomenclature?

Subject: QUERY: Mouse nomenclature?
From: Glenda Jeffrey <jeffrey -at- LEMOND -dot- HKS -dot- COM>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 12:36:54 -0500

Hello all --

I'd like to know if there is a defacto standard for referring
to the buttons on the mouse. I've seen three different styles:

left, middle and right mouse button
mouse button 1, 2, 3
MB1, MB2, and MB3

As a (right-handed) user of a left-handed mouse, I find the
first choice confusing. I always have to stop and do the
flip-flop in my head. To me, the number one would correspond
universally to the "primary" button -- the left button for
right-handed users. And as for the MB abbreviation: I've
seen it a few places, but I don't know whether it's prevalent
enough to be commonly understood.

Which one would you folks use?

(BTW, I use a left-handed mouse because it keeps my right hand
free for jotting things down. It's also been said that using
your off hand for things like this improves coordination, and
even some thought processes -- but you couldn't prove it by me ;)

Thanks for your advice...

--
Glenda Jeffrey Email: jeffrey -at- hks -dot- com
Hibbitt, Karlsson & Sorensen, Inc Phone: 401-727-4200
1080 Main St. Fax: 401-727-4208
Pawtucket, RI 02860


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