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esafaktoday at 2:25 PM3 repliesview on HN

PC mice haven't had three buttons for decades!


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j1elotoday at 2:33 PM

Third button has been "hidden" below the mouse wheel for well more than those 10 years, just press the wheel down and you'll hear a mouse button click.

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tremontoday at 3:22 PM

Remember Xerox PARC, the people that developed the first computer GUI?

https://archive.is/sKLL

> The three button Alto mouse enabled the first bitmapped and overlapping windows display, known as a graphical user interface (GUI). The Alto dates to March of 1973

bigstrat2003today at 6:48 PM

My dude, my mouse has 5 buttons. No idea what you're talking about here.

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