[Gimp-developer] requesting a change in the defaults

2006-09-20 Thread Carol Spears
hello, long ago, the defaults that GIMP came with seemed to make sense to me. i just checked preferences and the defaults start with that mouse wheel controller to be automatically enabled by default. is this such a common mouse and are the users of such a mouse unable to set the default themsel

Re: [Gimp-developer] requesting a change in the defaults

2006-09-20 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On 9/20/06, Carol Spears wrote: i just checked preferences and the defaults start with that mouse wheel controller to be automatically enabled by default. is this such a common mouse It is. No kidding. Alexandre ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp

Re: [Gimp-developer] requesting a change in the defaults

2006-09-20 Thread saulgoode
Logitech, Microsoft, and Kensington together supply mice for over 50% of the market. With only a few exceptions (the 2-button ValuMouse by Kensington and a 1-button replacement for the Macintosh), all of their models include a scroll wheel (in some cases, a "scroll sensor" or trackball). The remain

Re: [Gimp-developer] requesting a change in the defaults

2006-09-21 Thread jernej
On Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 20:46:24, Carol Spears wrote: > is this such a common mouse and are the users of such a mouse unable to > set the default themselves? Unless you're used to IBM workstations (or old Macs), then yes, wheel mice are common - I bought my first one about 10 years ago,

Re: [Gimp-developer] requesting a change in the defaults

2006-09-21 Thread jernej
On Thursday, September 21, 2006, 19:37:23, Roel Schroeven wrote: > OTOH, touchpads and pointing sticks on laptops don't have scroll wheels. All laptops with touchpads I've seen offer one or more of the following: - scrollwheel emulation by dragging at the edge of touchpad (some touchpads even h