How often do you click your middle mouse button?

[dennilfloss]

Rarely. To scroll-arrow. I roll that wheel all the time though when browsing because I like big fonts.

 

[Fayd]

mx revolution user

mouse wheel = mouse wheel

button below mouse wheel = f2. i set it to that when i had to do a lot of file renaming. now i just set all voice comms to f2.

 

[0roo0roo]

never, i remapped middle button to oneof the thumb buttons. i prefer a non squishy click. too easy to roll mouse wheel or tilt it if you push down, and the extra effort not to is annoying so its best to remap

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
never, i remapped middle button to oneof the thumb buttons. i prefer a non squishy click. too easy to roll mouse wheel or tilt it if you push down, and the extra effort not to is annoying so its best to remap

exactly!

 

[shortylickens]

Lots in Windows.
Constantly in games.

 

[Barfo]

all the time

 

[Nizbot]

Definitely a lot for opening links into new tabs, as many others have noted here.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
never, i remapped middle button to oneof the thumb buttons. i prefer a non squishy click. too easy to roll mouse wheel or tilt it if you push down, and the extra effort not to is annoying so its best to remap

exactly!

yea most wheel clicks are about as unergonomic as it gets...you really have to mash that thing.

 

[palswim]

In my CS-playing days, I mapped the middle button to my secondary fire so I could use my right button to activate the mic.

Now, I don't play many games, but I use my middle mouse button all the time. I've found I like Microsoft's basic mice's middle mouse buttons better than the button I have on my Logitech VX Revolution.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Use it to open background tabs in Opera.

 

[jlee]

Mine is broken. 🙁

 

[Baked]

I don't have a middle mouse button, or scroll wheel, or extra buttons. Trackball w/ 2 buttons.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I have a MS wheel mouse and the wheel is very hard to press down and you have to press down in the right angle for it to actually click, so I never use it, I made the side button act as middle button. I use it mostly in FF to open links in new tabs.

 

[supastar1568]

i use it all day doing CAD

 

[Net]

i use it to scroll. click once and drag.

 

[MovingTarget]

Never. I used to use it as a gamer, but I can't afford games anymore. 🙁

That, and I'm a mac user now... 😛

 

[imported_Imp]

Once a month... accidentally.

 

[lokiju]

All the time when I'm on a desktop.

 

[oboeguy]

I used it to open this thread. 😀

 

[SuperSix]

All the time - I have it programmed as a double click.

 

[ViperXX]

I use it as my Push to Talk button on Ventrilo.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
I use it to open tabs and as an alternate forward key in some games.

I know someone else who does this (except he uses his right mouse button)... why do you do it? Isn't your hand on the keyboard anyway for reverse and strafe? Or do you just not strafe? The guy I know who moves with his mouse doesn't really strafe which seems crazy to me.

I middle click all the time to open a new tab in Firefox - both on my personal PC and my company-issued MacBook (external keyboard and mouse). 😉

 

[Anubis]

never, i remapped the thumb button on my mouse to middle mouse function

 

[BoberFett]

I map my wheel to a double click, so all the time.

 

[dakels]

Originally posted by: destrekor
same. Open and close tabs all the time with middle click.