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[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 66 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Is no one gonna ask? Just me? Alright.

Why are there two scroll wheels on one mouse? My mind can't handle being this confounded

[–] Potatisen@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yo, dawg. I heard you liked scrolling so we put a wheel behind your wheel so you can scroll while you scroll.

[–] UprisingVoltage@feddit.it 8 points 2 years ago

Scroll wheel 2

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've got one of these for Photoshop. I've got the front wheel set up as normal, but the second wheel is set to change the brush size. It makes working much smoother, as I don't have to use the keyboard.

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had a mouse where one was vertical and the other horizontal, but I seem to think the horizontal scroll was oriented horizontally. Having googled the mouse in the picture, it says one is programmable and suggests it starts with volume.

[–] rubicon@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why wouldn't there just be a small trackball on the nose, wouldn't that be more practical?

[–] Francois@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Because you'd be constantly changing your volume up and down slightly while scrolling.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

For navigating a great big thing that benefits from two axis scrolling? Yes. For literally anything else a scroll wheel might be used for, like swapping weapons in games? No. The clickyness of the average scroll wheel is actually pretty useful and can't really be applied to a trackball.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago

Bhopping in csgo

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What's the second mouse wheel for?

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm curious about that too

EDIT: nevermind, another post below has the answer: it's a programmable wheel

[–] Feidry@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looks like my 12 year old MX518 looked like when I retired it for a G400s.

[–] solitaire 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My MX518 is still sees daily use, just with a family member now. I think it's old enough to drink now (edit: not American lmao). The Logitech logo at the palm has been worn down to nothing but otherwise doesn't look too bad.

[–] Feidry@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, the reason I stopped using mine was because the feet wore off and I felt like it was time to upgrade to the better laser of the G400s. Otherwise, they're the same mouse. Buttons in the same place, same shape. Different color, better laser and bigger feet.

[–] solitaire 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I replaced mine with a G Pro Wireless. Similar enough shape that it was still comfortable to switch to but lightweight and no cable to snag. Wouldn't go back to having a cable, such a huge improvement.

[–] Feidry@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I can't stand wireless mice. But enjoy!

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Good choice buying the second for backup. As a console game pr I know nothing about mouses, but I would assume they don’t make this anymore after a decade.

[–] Thann@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

Meanwhile a good Xbox controller will only last 100 hours

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

Somewhere around here I have the HP optical mouse that used to come with their desktops. It finally quit working and I had to replace it, and I had to do the math for how long I had been using it.

Twenty years.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

RIP my baby, hello, baby's brother, hello, my ragtime gal...

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My Logitech G5 is like 18 years old and other than being dirty it has basically zero wear on it. Only thing that's falling apart is the braiding around the wire

[–] thejodie@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Mine still works too, got it at BestBuy on clearance when they switched to the 2 side button G5. It just doesn't fit my hand well anymore.

[–] antaymonkey@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I still have the same Microsoft Intellimouse that I got in 2000 when I went away to college. IIRC it was one of the first that used optical tracking vs ye old ball.

[–] fetter@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My parents bought a new mouse when I was a kid back in the early 2000s cause we had a crappy view sonic one that came with the pc. The new one was a Microsoft one and it didn’t work cause it needed xp and we had ME. Back to the viewsonic mouse it was for another 20 years until I bought them a Logitech wireless one on a pc I built for them a few years ago.

Wild how the cheap stuff works well for so many years!

[–] crimroy@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did your parents keep ME for 20 years??? I had it in my first PC and I seemed to be the only person on the planet who had no issues with it, but even so, I was done with it after about a year

[–] fetter@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah we upgraded after a few years. But ME was a struggle! Had so many crashes in Diablo 2 and EverQuest. Thats all that mattered to me.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I hated Windows ME but I loved that time. I’d love to go back and chill for a couple days.

Funny thing though, I hated that time while I was living through it haha.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I bought a Kinesis Advantage in 2011. I only just recently replaced it with the Kinesis Advantage 360 Pro. The key caps could use a replacement, but besides that it's in good condition.

[–] tuckerm@supermeter.social 2 points 2 years ago

The left one looks great. Usually we don't think of computer peripherals as gaining a patina, but it kind of works here. Good call on buying a spare, though!

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What brand are these mice? Never seen them before.

[–] imkali@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] imkali@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

oh shit lmao thanks for pointing that out, i edited my comment.

[–] Panda@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Looks like it's Speedlink.

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wish my mouse would last 11 years. The scroll wheel is vital for me and I wear them down after 2-3.