"Auto scroll" with USB mouse?

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dalo

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Hey folks.

I have a Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 4.0 (USB) connected to the keyboard of my PowerMac G4 (standard greyish keyboard), and I have a question. Isn't there a way to "auto scroll" in Safari (and other apps), meaning just pressing the /button/ that the scroll wheel actually is, and then move in directions with no button pressed at all?
 
I also had the same problem. To make use of the scroll wheel as a third button, I mapped it to Expose's F9 function. Now, whenever I click the scroll wheel, I get thumbnails of my open windows. Pretty neat.
 
pran said:
I also had the same problem. To make use of the scroll wheel as a third button, I mapped it to Expose's F9 function. Now, whenever I click the scroll wheel, I get thumbnails of my open windows. Pretty neat.
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So, theres no more "conventional" way of managing/mapping the buttons on a mouse, in OSX Tiger?
 
While there's no mention of auto-scroll functionality, USBOverdrive is an easy way to map buttons under OS X:

http://usboverdrive.com/

Before installing, remove any 3rd party drivers (Microsoft mouse softare and drivers/kernel extensions) you may have installed, as they'll conflict.
 
ElDiabloConCaca said:
While there's no mention of auto-scroll functionality, USBOverdrive is an easy way to map buttons under OS X:

http://usboverdrive.com/

Before installing, remove any 3rd party drivers (Microsoft mouse softare and drivers/kernel extensions) you may have installed, as they'll conflict.
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Or should I just get myself a bluetooth Mighty Mouse? I have a PowerBook 17" now. ;-)
 
USB Overdrive does indeed have an autoscroll feature. I recommend USB Overdrive no matter what kind of mouse you use.

Personally, I'm not a fan of the Mighty Mouse, but if you like it, go wild. But it'll be no easier to get autoscrolling on that than on your MS mouse.
 
Mikuro said:
USB Overdrive does indeed have an autoscroll feature. I recommend USB Overdrive no matter what kind of mouse you use.

Personally, I'm not a fan of the Mighty Mouse, but if you like it, go wild. But it'll be no easier to get autoscrolling on that than on your MS mouse.
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No, of course not. But I kind of think I can live with the lack of autoscroll given the other things about the MM that I do get.
 
(Thread was revived, so dalo's requirements in a mouse might have changed since a year has passed.) ;)
 
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