Talk:Scroll wheel

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Contents 1 Computer games 2 misplaced text 3 who was first 4 Scrollwheels on laptops 5 notches 6 Origin

[edit] Computer games

Some computer games use the 'scroll wheel' too. Such as in FPS (First person shooter) games, example Doom 3, you can change weapon by scrolling. Depending on which way you scroll, it changes to previous/next weapon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frap (talk • contribs) 06:45, May 23, 2006

[edit] misplaced text

"Also, clicking a certain hyperlink with a scroll wheel can create a tab in certain browsers." This seems misplaced. The scroll wheel click is just equivilant to a middle click and this seems to suggest that scroll wheels were, in part, developed to allow people to middle click on links to open them in a new tab. You could assign any button to do that... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.137.201.94 (talk • contribs) 13:16, January 23, 2007

I am a professional geek and I did not know that clicking the scroll wheel would open a new tab in Firefox. This is great.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.159.107.39 (talk • contribs) 15:19, February 28, 2007

[edit] who was first

Actually, I was wondering, who first added the scroll wheel to the mouse? MasterCKO 22:03, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Scrollwheels on laptops

AFAIK, scroll-wheels were never popular on laptops, most touchpads just designate the right and bottom edges for scrolling.—Preceding unsigned comment added by W3bbo (talk • contribs) 11:58, March 31, 2007

[edit] notches

what are the 'notches' called on some scroll wheels which make the ratcheting sound as you turn it??—Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.43.48.129 (talk • contribs) 11:19, April 11, 2007

I think the visible notches are just cosmetic and probably don't have a name. The detents are what make the noise. 128.2.153.87 (talk) 20:34, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Origin

Anyone know where they appeared first (which vendor introduced them first)? That is the question on my mind that prompted me to come with this page. Also, I don't think the opening of a link in a seperate tab has to do with the scroll wheel, that works with the third (middle) mouse button on any three button mouse. --202.168.39.41 (talk) 23:23, 18 December 2007 (UTC)