[ltp] IBM three button mice?

[Paul RIVIER]

proud owner for a year. Very happy with it, very light, handy, no 
bells&whisles (that is a good point).
As on almost every wheel-mouse, the wheel IS the middle button.

Felix E. Klee wrote:

>A relative needs a USB mouse for his new T43.  It should be a three
>button mouse since many of his LINUX applications require frequent
>operation of the middle mouse button.  A scroll wheel is not that
>important.  Now I know that IBM/Lenovo offers mice that have middle
>mouse button.  However, I've some questions:
>
>* Can anyone recommend one of these mice?
>
>* Which one does have a reasonably large middle button?
>
>* What about the 800 dpi models?  I've read somewhere that a certain
>  800dpi mouse makes the mouse pointer move very fast under LINUX,
>  without a way of throttling.  Is this an issue with the IBM mice?  If
>  not, then the "Optical 3-Button ScrollPoint Mouse (800dpi) PS/2 & USB"
>  could be the best selection:
>
>  - Part Number: 31P7405
>
>  - <URL:http://www5.pc.ibm.com/de/products.nsf/$wwwPartnumLookup/_31P74
>    05?OpenDocument>
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>  - <URL:http://www.ibmlove.co.kr/design/gycc830/Option/31p7405.gif>
>
>  Does its scroll button work under LINUX?
>
>BTW: The 15" XGA display of the T43 is quite unevenly lit: The bottom is
>noticeably brighter than the rest.  Fortunately, this isn't an issue
>here: The machine will only be used for office work and for web
>browsing.
>
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