There are generally two buttons on every mouse. The left button is the primary button, which selects the object at the screen cursor (click the mouse) or is held down (drag and drop). The right button ...

Our tech writer is very picky about mice, and since he’s used all kinds of them, he’s the best person to help you find the right mouse for your needs.

If you’re looking to improve your clicks per second, getting the best mouse for drag clicking is a great way to do so. Drag clicking is a technique used on computer mice. To achieve it you need to ...

In another thread I discussed the horrible accident which took out both my mouse and keyboard, and the hasty trip to Walmart to regain PC access. The Logitech combo I bought included a mouse lacking ...

For years, I never used the extra buttons on the side of my mouse, and mostly just viewed them as a nuisance. Too often I’d click them by accident and trigger some unwanted action, like navigating ...

I use the middle mouse button a lot. To open new links, and close tabs in Firefox. I also use Sketchup and Autocad frequently where I use the middle mouse button to rotate and pan the view, so it is ...

A mouse may seem like a small consideration for your workstation setup. But after you’ve addressed the crucial ergonomics — raising your monitor to eye-level, using the right keyboard and taking ...

We have a surfeit of mouse buttons these days, and I found myself wondering: "I know how I deal with this cavalcade of stupid buttons, but how about everyone else?" Call me old fashioned, but I'm a ...

Close encounters of the murine kind.

We’ve seen a number of classic patents published recently, referring to iconic Apple inventions, and this week is no different. The recently published “Multi-Button Mouse” patent refers to Apple’s ...

Bask in its glory.