Oh yeah... I do likes me some scroll-wheeling. -sc
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 9:49 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Mac and Windows mix > > And the scroll wheel. > > The pre-MacOSX suffered from too many "magical" keyboard shortcuts. > When the internet didn't exist, it wasn't that easy to find out what these all > where. It was just great that you could rebuild a Mac by booting off an > external SCSI drive and copying over a folder (after separating out the > system suitcase on the existing install). But you needed to know all these > random things. > > Cheers > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] > Sent: Thursday, 9 September 2010 8:55 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Mac and Windows mix > > From my usage, it appears, however, that context menus are not well > supported.. perhaps because they aren't as immediately "discoverable"? > > I dunno.. I understand that would be more of an app issue, but I really find > the right button on the muse to be one of the best HID additions made... > > -sc > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] > > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 8:29 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Mac and Windows mix > > > > Actually, contextual menus have been a part of Mac OS since before > they > > switched over to X. If you have a one-button mouse, you simply hold > the > > control key when you click. > > > > Additionally, Mac OS X has always had a feature called "Services", > which can > > be invoked via a ctl/right click. Services are system wide and > contextual. For > > example, you can write a service that does pretty much anything with > text, > > and that service will show up when ctl/right click any block of text. > It won't > > show up if you select, for example, a graphic. Services are always > contextual, > > it affects a certain data type and only shows up when you have > selected that > > data time (including files). The only draw back to services is that > they are > > underutilized and not a lot of 3rd party developers write them. > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
