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I don't miss it (thelemmy.club)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world
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[–] 8 points 8 months ago (16 children)

Btw, why was there a ball, not just a horizontal and vertical wheely on the base?

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  • [–] 16 points 8 months ago (12 children)

    The first computer mouse did have two wheels

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

    Wait, is that wheel for scrolling?

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  • [+] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (7 children)
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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago* (6 children)

    Mostly the fact that it can only move in 2 directions.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago* (5 children)

    But 2D space has only 2 directions. ↔, ↕ and everything inbetween. I mean, use 2 wheels, 90° angled.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Set up two wheels and try to drag them diagonally, see what happens.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    And that way? \↑/

    But ok, i guess it is either too scratchy on fabric or too less grip on smooth surfaces.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago*

    Yeah, that's the way I mean. If the wheels in your figure there were at 90° angles, it wouldn't work at all. The very best case scenario would be that it would input up then right over and over the whole time you're dragging.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Just wheelies wouldn't be able to handle diagonal movement. The mouse would kind of scrape as it tried to move in non-aligned directions.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    you would drag one of the wheels regardless of direction. This also happens with ball mice, but you don't notice becase the wheel dragging is tiny and made to be a little bit slippery.. which is also part of why they need to be cleaned every so often

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