Add to right-click context menu
Michael
I've had a Mac for about a month and miss the 'right-click' on a mouse.....
Have some fun with it (on a PC).
This link will show how to save some time and, well, save some time:
<http://tinyurl.com/68unw>
Oh?
_Intended For_
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows Me
Windows 98
Windows 95
"A Context Menu is what you see when you use the right mouse button to
click on a file, folder, application titlebar, or nearly any other
object on the screen. Most of the time, this menu includes a list of
actions appropriate to the object on which you've clicked.
For file icons, the context menu depends upon the type of file.
Usually, you'll see Copy, Paste, Delete, Rename, Open, and Properties
(among others)."
Michael
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Michael <G...@att.net> wrote:
> I've had a Mac for about a month and miss the 'right-click' on a mouse.....
You can use a different mouse than the mouse your Mac came with, you
know.
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Michael
> In article <zOLlf.242736$zb5....@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
> Michael <G...@att.net> wrote:
>
>
>>I've had a Mac for about a month and miss the 'right-click' on a mouse.....
>
>
> You can use a different mouse than the mouse your Mac came with, you
> know.
Thanks..
But....
Amazing!?
I've whined about this to Mac users for weeks? No one said a
'right-click' mouse was available (and would activate the menu).
All I've heard is "You'll get used to it..."
I even brought it up in a group..bunches of Mac users and not a word?
Dave T
> Jim Ellwanger wrote:
>
>> In article <zOLlf.242736$zb5....@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
>> Michael <G...@att.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I've had a Mac for about a month and miss the 'right-click' on a
>>> mouse.....
>>
>>
>> You can use a different mouse than the mouse your Mac came with, you
>> know.
>
>
> Thanks..
>
> But....
>
> Amazing!?
>
> I've whined about this to Mac users for weeks? No one said a
> 'right-click' mouse was available (and would activate the menu).
>
> All I've heard is "You'll get used to it..."
>
> I even brought it up in a group..bunches of Mac users and not a word?
There are two types of Mac users. First, you have Mac users that
realize the mice that come with Macs are terrible and replace them first
chance they get. And then there is the kind that refuse to admit
anything could be wrong with their beloved Mac.
I fall into the first category and got myself a Logitech scroll-wheel
mouse. I understand the new Apple Mighty Mouse is more capable, but I
have never used one.
--
Dave T.
Michael
> Michael wrote:
>
>> Jim Ellwanger wrote:
>>
>>> In article <zOLlf.242736$zb5....@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
>>> Michael <G...@att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I've had a Mac for about a month and miss the 'right-click' on a
>>>> mouse.....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You can use a different mouse than the mouse your Mac came with, you
>>> know.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks..
>>
>> But....
>>
>> Amazing!?
>>
>> I've whined about this to Mac users for weeks? No one said a
>> 'right-click' mouse was available (and would activate the menu).
>>
>> All I've heard is "You'll get used to it..."
>>
>> I even brought it up in a group..bunches of Mac users and not a word?
>
>
> There are two types of Mac users. First, you have Mac users that
> realize the mice that come with Macs are terrible and replace them first
> chance they get. And then there is the kind that refuse to admit
> anything could be wrong with their beloved Mac.
I thought after a month I'd seen a pretty good cross sections of users.
The 'no right-click' became dogma...
After 20+ years with PC's...It was a bit of a shock (about a month ago)
to 'hear' I was limited in the number of things I could change. But, I
found out that there are more things I can 'do' (I'm using a more
sophisticated 'Finder', fer ex.) which most Mac users didn't even
consider 'improving'.
> I fall into the first category and got myself a Logitech scroll-wheel
> mouse. I understand the new Apple Mighty Mouse is more capable, but I
> have never used one.
Mine is a 'used' G4. It's a great machine, but came with the keyboard &
mouse. My other mice weren't USB so I didn't consider (and couldn't
experiment) with what I had.
Greg Goss
>Amazing!?
>
>I've whined about this to Mac users for weeks? No one said a
>'right-click' mouse was available (and would activate the menu).
>
>All I've heard is "You'll get used to it..."
>
>I even brought it up in a group..bunches of Mac users and not a word?
Remember "The computer for the rest of us"?
The rest of us are idiots.
--
Tomorrow is today already.
Greg Goss, 1989-01-27
Michael
> Michael <G...@att.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Amazing!?
>>
>>I've whined about this to Mac users for weeks? No one said a
>>'right-click' mouse was available (and would activate the menu).
>>
>>All I've heard is "You'll get used to it..."
>>
>>I even brought it up in a group..bunches of Mac users and not a word?
>
>
> Remember "The computer for the rest of us"?
>
> The rest of us are idiots.
You're onto something. It need not be pejorative.
I wonder if there may be something in the brain department which some
person with the creds could explore?
Are people 'born' to be less happy "with the way things are" and a PC
has always been ready to great them with challenges.
A PC user:
"If I want (need?) to make this work, I *have* to do (more)."
A Mac user.
"Everything seems to work. I'm doing nothing more."
So?
Few Mac users make a transition to a PC with anything but frustration.
Many typical tasks on a Mac are still less automatic on a PC.
A few PC users 'bring' the challenge (from years with a PC) to the Mac...
But the majority of Mac users threw off their chains (if they were a PC
user) or don't even contemplate an alternative if they spent little time
with PC's...because the 'need' to do 'more' rarely presents itself with
a Mac.
The 'right-click' is a minor point. (Obvious to me and still surprising
as it took a month to find out it is possible to employ?)
But when it comes to 'tweaking' or utilities or alternative apps which
are or aren't part of the OS?
Often the 'tweak' or alternate app is part of a PC users routine.
The responses regarding the output of a folder suggest folks had a
background in DOS? There was not much 'automation' in DOS.
If one started with a green screen they are more likely to strip away
that which the OS presents and 'wonder' if there is another approach
(than the HELP file in the OS). It need not be 'code' or scripting.
It's probably a more skeptical attitude to the GUI and the apps which
rely upon it.
EX: If I hadn't been using several file managers (File Manager/Explorer
had lackings which were addressed by 3rd parties) I would not have
"wondered" if 'Finder' was the final word.
Currently I'm looking for a way for Dock 'sub' display multiple
columns. Mac users seem not to care....
I keep the Taskbar on the left..in my Win machines (same, same for the
Dock in the Mac)
I can have three rows of small icons in the Taskbar
...My Dock has 20 apps in a single column..
...My PC has three rows (so 45 small icons) and uses no more space than
Doc.
My first options was 'Launch Bar'....but it still requires a couple of
moves to get to where I'm going....and the Taskbar in Win is a small
strip.with all the apps I need.
Mac users aren't idiots.
PC users are skeptics.
Jim Ellwanger
Michael <G...@att.net> wrote:
> I've whined about this to Mac users for weeks? No one said a
> 'right-click' mouse was available (and would activate the menu).
You just didn't whine about it to the correct Mac users (i.e., the Mac
users right here on AFCA).
Yes, Apple has its own "Mighty Mouse" currently available, but any USB
mouse should work just fine -- although if it's one of those
fancy-pants mice that has a bunch of extra buttons, it may require
installing special Mac drivers to use those extra buttons.
> Mine is a 'used' G4. It's a great machine, but came with the
> keyboard & mouse. My other mice weren't USB so I didn't consider
> (and couldn't experiment) with what I had.
Hopefully it didn't come with the round "hockey puck" mouse that my G4
came with when I bought it new in 2000, because if you've been using
that for a month, I'm sorry.
Michael
> In article <mx3mf.135856$qk4....@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
> Michael <G...@att.net> wrote:
>
>
>>I've whined about this to Mac users for weeks? No one said a
>>'right-click' mouse was available (and would activate the menu).
>
>
> You just didn't whine about it to the correct Mac users (i.e., the Mac
> users right here on AFCA).
correct...
I wuz doin' fine....the final word...jeeze,
I've on day 7 of my return form exile
:
correct:
Main Entry: 1cor·rect
Pronunciation: k&-'rekt
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin correctus, past participle of
corrigere, from com- + regere to lead straight -- more at RIGHT
1 a : to make or set right : AMEND b : COUNTERACT, NEUTRALIZE c : to
alter or adjust so as to bring to some standard or required condition
<correct a lens for spherical aberration>
2 a : to punish (as a child) with a view to reforming or improving b :
to point out usually for amendment the errors or faults of <spent the
day correcting tests>
- cor·rect·able /-'rek-t&-b&l/ adjective
- cor·rec·tor /-'rek-t&r/ noun
synonyms CORRECT, RECTIFY, EMEND, REMEDY, REDRESS, AMEND, REFORM, REVISE
mean to make right what is wrong. CORRECT implies taking action to
remove errors, faults, deviations, defects <correct your spelling>.
RECTIFY implies a more essential changing to make something right, just,
or properly controlled or directed <rectify a misguided policy>. EMEND
specifically implies correction of a text or manuscript <emend a text>.
REMEDY implies removing or making harmless a cause of trouble, harm, or
evil <set out to remedy the evils of the world>. REDRESS implies making
compensation or reparation for an unfairness, injustice, or imbalance
<redress past social injustices>. AMEND, REFORM, REVISE imply an
improving by making corrective changes, AMEND usually suggesting slight
changes <amend a law>, REFORM implying drastic change <plans to reform
the court system>, and REVISE suggesting a careful examination of
something and the making of necessary changes <revise the schedule>.
synonym see in addition
_PUNISH_
OK, so long as it isn't the 'Master And Commander' style.
Humilating would have fit.
> Yes, Apple has its own "Mighty Mouse" currently available, but any USB
> mouse should work just fine -- although if it's one of those
> fancy-pants mice that has a bunch of extra buttons, it may require
> installing special Mac drivers to use those extra buttons.
Well, according to my MacfRiends? "Mac's don't use drivers."
Drivers are some extra thing...only found in PC's, & and either missing,
the wrong type or unavailable - - -
>>>-----> The device which is having a 'driver problem' will never
function.
_Device Manager_
"A utility in PC's to determine a problem which:
1. Can't be fixed.
2. (If the suggested is followed), the machine will shut down and never
re-boot.
>>Mine is a 'used' G4. It's a great machine, but came with the
>>keyboard & mouse. My other mice weren't USB so I didn't consider
>>(and couldn't experiment) with what I had.
>
>
> Hopefully it didn't come with the round "hockey puck" mouse that my G4
> came with when I bought it new in 2000, because if you've been using
> that for a month, I'm sorry.
The white one (covered in a Lucite® type enclosure)? It may be 'that'.
Not round (as in a hockey puck).
Not sure what the red light on the bottom is for? (Bright red whn
lifted, then it dims)
After a few weeks, I did find out something cool?
It works on my leg!
(Oh, it has these 'things' on each side....(My initial reaction was they
must be a 'righ/left t-click' buttons...). Near as I can tell, they do
nuttin'.
A frined knows one of the main engineers/designers of the G5 (I a have
his addy!).
I told her about my dislike of the 'Dock'...(The single column only)...
He pointed me to Dragthing <http://tinyurl.com/8pokw> Odd name, I know...
It's nice...A quick read didn't indicate if it replaced the Dock or was
something more on my screen. I have the real-estate to spare...I'd
prefer any navigaton tool to sit on the left...to replace Dock.
Both the Dock and the lack (which I will solve) of right-click are silly
complaints. (And yes, my postings still reflect I'm using T-bird from a
PC...I need to merge all mail in a server....)
But the G4 is better (considering it's a 400) than I expected. The
half-gig of Ram prolly covers for the slower CPU.
But regaring my adjustment period - - it was only about a week before
it was reflexive...
I figured it would take me longer to to the most simple tasks...now I'm
doing things which seemed not to have dawned as necessry to some Mac
users I know.. Again, I did end up adding several third party apps to
smooth the transition.
Consider me corrected...
For now.
Jim Ellwanger
Michael <G...@att.net> wrote:
> Jim Ellwanger wrote:
> > Hopefully it didn't come with the round "hockey puck" mouse that my G4
> > came with when I bought it new in 2000, because if you've been using
> > that for a month, I'm sorry.
>
> The white one (covered in a Lucite® type enclosure)? It may be 'that'.
> Not round (as in a hockey puck).
> Not sure what the red light on the bottom is for? (Bright red whn
> lifted, then it dims)
No, good, you've got the more recent version of the "Pro Mouse," which
replaced the hockey puck -- originally, it was black ("graphite"), but
then they changed it to white.
> But the G4 is better (considering it's a 400) than I expected. The
> half-gig of Ram prolly covers for the slower CPU.
I do believe we are using the very same Mac model, although mine
contains a whopping 704 MB of RAM (because I added extra in weird
amounts). Still running fine after five and a half years.
Greg Goss
>[computer mouse]
>Not sure what the red light on the bottom is for? (Bright red whn
>lifted, then it dims)
The mouse watches texture illuminated by the light to tell how you're
using the mouse. Nobody should be still using a mechanical mouse
since the red-eye mice got cheap.
The light goes bright to try to find some texture, any texture. When
it can't find any (there is none when the mouse is inverted), it turns
down the light again. I don't know if the LED ages faster at higher
intensities.
groo
> The mouse watches texture illuminated by the light to tell how you're
> using the mouse. Nobody should be still using a mechanical mouse
> since the red-eye mice got cheap.
>
> The light goes bright to try to find some texture, any texture. When
> it can't find any (there is none when the mouse is inverted), it turns
> down the light again. I don't know if the LED ages faster at higher
> intensities.
>
It almost certainly ages faster at higher intensities. Both the intensity
and the temperature go up with the driven current*. Virtually all
reliability failure mechanisms are accelerated by higher temperature
(there are a few exceptions), and certain mechanisms (such as
electromigration) are also accelerated by higher current. LED reliability
is pretty good these days in general, so it might not be important in
practice.
*Even if the higher perceived intensity is accomplished by lengthening
the duty cycle of the on-time, the lifetime would still be degraded,
although probably to a lesser extent, since that effect would only be
linear.
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