CJChew wrote:Hi Riverside24
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Please let us know if it works.
It worked extremely well, all buttons and features work with the exception of the thumb wheel (and I'm not sure what that is supposed to do anyway!). That said though, I shan't be using the MX Revolution after all as I hadn't fully understood the implications of the scroll wheel not having a middle button click function as does the MX620 - the scroll wheel does click, however its function appears to be to toggle between the two scrolling modes only.
Us Linux and UNIX users typically have a different way of copying and pasting than is used in the Windows world, we select and paste (usually) rather than copy and paste. We select text by highlighting it, then can paste the selected text into another application or data entry box in the same application with one centre button mouse click. It's amazing how much faster that is, particularly when carrying out high volume copy and paste data entry or text manipulation tasks under time pressure, than the Windows "highlight, right click, Copy, move cursor to new position, right click, Paste" method.
It is possible to manually map one of the keys (the search key appears to be most often used, or occasionally the thumb wheel) to emulate a third mouse button, however the workarounds to do so are more than a little complex. Although I have in the past employed workarounds of that kind, I tend to avoid them these days as I need to be able to deploy a new machine if necessary quickly and also, if stuff breaks from a hardware or software perspective, being able to get back up and running quickly is important.
So, I've bought another MX620 (and another as a spare!) and will probably either hang on to the MX Revolution until I get a 24" iMac which is also on the purchasing agenda, or at some point a Windows machine.
Finally, have Logitech considered giving a little more thought to providing support for Linux? The prevalence of small netbook (mini laptop) computers running Linux variants (currently Dell, Asus & HP with no doubt more to come) is swiftly bringing Linux into the mainstream and, once people get used to running Linux on their netbooks, a significant proportion are likely to make the switch to running Linux on their desktop as well.
