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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38555.0&return_msg=38555.34"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.11">11–20</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.21">21–30</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.31">31–40</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.41">41–50</a>…<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.71">71–76</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=38555.34">Where is the £ Key?</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="38555_34_76_10"> <a name="a38555_34"></a><div class="message" id="message_38555_34"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Richy (GAJIT)<span class="message_time"> 2 Jun 2011 12:28</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: milko <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 2 Jun 2011 13:04"></span></span> <span class="message_count">34 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.34">38555.34</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.31">38555.31</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <sigh><br /> <br /> I'm all for consistency, but obtusifying an established (albeit localised) standard just smacks of... well, the kind of thing Apple does, I guess, and it's not like Macs are priced such that they need to save a few pennies by using the same physical chassis across territories.<br /> <br /> The weird keyboard thing was a driving factor in my spending more than I could have done (if I'd bought from the US) on a new laptop. Although Kobalt had clearly been taking lessons in irony when they then offered to install just about any keyboard layout on the planet anyway. I stuck with UK.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38555.34&return_msg=38555.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="38555.34"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a38555_35"></a><div class="message" id="message_38555_35"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Richy (GAJIT)<span class="message_time"> 2 Jun 2011 12:29</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: af (CAER) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 2 Jun 2011 13:41"></span></span> <span class="message_count">35 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.35">38555.35</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.33">38555.33</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Have you remapped the right mouse button to anything? Oh, right.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38555.35&return_msg=38555.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="38555.35"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a38555_36"></a><div class="message" id="message_38555_36"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time"> 2 Jun 2011 13:07</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: af (CAER) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 2 Jun 2011 13:41"></span></span> <span class="message_count">36 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.36">38555.36</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.33">38555.33</a></div> <div class="message_body"> But what if you need to tell omeone how much money you have in SimCity?! </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38555.36&return_msg=38555.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="38555.36"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a38555_37"></a><div class="message" id="message_38555_37"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)<span class="message_time"> 2 Jun 2011 13:25</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Richy (GAJIT) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 2 Jun 2011 15:39"></span></span> <span class="message_count">37 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.37">38555.37</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.34#a38555_35" target="_self">38555.35</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <span class="emoticon e_happycry" title=":'-D"><span class="e__">:'-D</span></span></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38555.37&return_msg=38555.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="38555.37"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a38555_38"></a><div class="message" id="message_38555_38"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: af (CAER)<span class="message_time"> 2 Jun 2011 13:42</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Richy (GAJIT) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 2 Jun 2011 15:39"></span></span> <span class="message_count">38 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.38">38555.38</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.34#a38555_35" target="_self">38555.35</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I use my Steelseries Xai :p</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38555.38&return_msg=38555.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="38555.38"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a38555_39"></a><div class="message" id="message_38555_39"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Richy (GAJIT)<span class="message_time"> 2 Jun 2011 15:43</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: af (CAER) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 2 Jun 2011 16:44"></span></span> <span class="message_count">39 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.39">38555.39</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.34#a38555_38" target="_self">38555.38</a></div> <div class="message_body"> The fact that Apple have bothered to support right-button interactions on third-party mice is a quiet admission that they should have put one on in the first place.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38555.39&return_msg=38555.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="38555.39"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a38555_40"></a><div class="message" id="message_38555_40"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: milko<span class="message_time"> 2 Jun 2011 15:48</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Richy (GAJIT) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Jun 2011 00:49"></span></span> <span class="message_count">40 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.40">38555.40</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.34#a38555_39" target="_self">38555.39</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Apple's own mice and trackpads have had a right-click for some years now in fact. Took them too long, but they got there.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38555.40&return_msg=38555.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="38555.40"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a38555_41"></a><div class="message" id="message_38555_41"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Oscarvarium (OZGUR)<span class="message_time"> 2 Jun 2011 18:16</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: milko <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Jun 2011 11:20"></span></span> <span class="message_count">41 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.41">38555.41</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.34#a38555_40" target="_self">38555.40</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Not all of them, unless it's very recent. I got a Macbook a few years ago that doesn't have a right-click, just multitouch which is a pain in the hole.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38555.41&return_msg=38555.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="38555.41"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a38555_42"></a><div class="message" id="message_38555_42"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: af (CAER)<span class="message_time"> 2 Jun 2011 18:27</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Oscarvarium (OZGUR) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 2 Jun 2011 18:47"></span></span> <span class="message_count">42 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.42">38555.42</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.34#a38555_41" target="_self">38555.41</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I find the multitouch right-click is much easier if you enable the 'tap to click' option. Having to actually press down on the pad makes it tricky to get right.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38555.42&return_msg=38555.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="38555.42"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a38555_43"></a><div class="message" id="message_38555_43"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Oscarvarium (OZGUR)<span class="message_time"> 2 Jun 2011 18:50</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: af (CAER) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 2 Jun 2011 18:51"></span></span> <span class="message_count">43 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.43">38555.43</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38555.34#a38555_42" target="_self">38555.42</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I don't have to press down the pad to click, there's a separate button for that. The problem I have is that the pad is pretty unresponsive as to whether two fingers are touching it or not, so many right-clicks become left-clicks which is particularly bad since I tend do a lot of right-click dragging.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38555.43&return_msg=38555.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="38555.43"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="38555.44" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>