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Posted on 08-16-10 05:58:11 AM

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I tend to bounce quite randomly between using page up/down, dragging the bars around, and using the scroll wheel. I literally can't vote for one since I don't know which I use most.

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Posted on 08-16-10 06:06:18 AM

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I tend to use the function where you click the scroll wheel to get an icon on the screen and where your mouse is in relation to that you scroll. :3

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Posted on 08-16-10 06:28:11 AM

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	I can not function without a scroll wheel on my mouse. It feels like the 1990s whenever I sit at a computer, go to scroll something and its missing! Where's that FFFFFUUUUUUUU!!! pic when you need it? ____________________

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Posted on 08-16-10 07:32:01 AM

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I usually use the scroll wheel, but I can also use the up/down arrows or page up/down, depending on how I'm sitting or what's on the computer I'm using.

Occasionally I'll use the thing on laptops where you slide your finger along the edge of the trackpad but it's rarely reliable.

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Posted on 08-16-10 10:40:26 AM

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Originally posted by Lunaria
I tend to use the function where you click the scroll wheel to get an icon on the screen and where your mouse is in relation to that you scroll. :3

Hell yeah.

And I actually scroll using the wheel, but middle click is awesome.

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Posted on 08-16-10 01:39:57 PM (last edited by Bagel at 08-16-10 10:41 AM)

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I use a scroll wheel 98% of the time. If I'm using my laptop trackpad, the two-finger drag-to-scroll works really well too.

If I end up without a scroll wheel I use whatever I perceive to be the quickest ... which is usually just page up/down except on a really long page.

e: oh yeah. I can't use a regular scroll wheel anymore either because I've gotten too used to a tilt wheel that can also scroll sideways. I'll end up trying to tilt a regular scroll wheel and it doesn't work.

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Posted on 08-16-10 04:44:35 PM

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I always use the scroll wheel for all of my scrolling needs. I have it set to scroll really fast so that it doesn't take forever to get to the bottom of really long pages

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Posted on 08-16-10 05:20:26 PM

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Scroll wheels. I just can't live without them. =P

My first mouse with a scroll wheel was the one that came with my second HP computer back in 2006. Since then, I've gotten so used to them, it just feels weird not having one. =/

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Posted on 08-16-10 06:58:35 PM

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Scroll wheels for browsing the page, Home or End to skip to the top or bottom.

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Posted on 08-16-10 07:14:55 PM

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Originally posted by Onyx
I tend to bounce quite randomly between using page up/down, dragging the bars around, and using the scroll wheel. I literally can't vote for one since I don't know which I use most.

This is EXACTLY me.

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Posted on 08-17-10 09:03:19 AM

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Originally posted by Bagel
e: oh yeah. I can't use a regular scroll wheel anymore either because I've gotten too used to a tilt wheel that can also scroll sideways. I'll end up trying to tilt a regular scroll wheel and it doesn't work.

Same here. Scrolling horizontally on any computer without a tilt wheel is annoying.

I used a computer once whose mouse had a actual separate horizontal scroll wheel. It was kinda neat, but the mouse itself was worn out to crap.

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Posted on 08-17-10 11:06:25 AM

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Middle mouse button and drag.

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Posted on 08-17-10 04:41:16 PM

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Originally posted by paulguy
I used a computer once whose mouse had a actual separate horizontal scroll wheel. It was kinda neat, but the mouse itself was worn out to crap.

I had one of those. It was weird, it had two wheels, both were vertically aligned, but one scrolled the page horizontally instead. It was kinda nice... Then BOTH wheels died in about a month.

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Posted on 08-17-10 08:29:40 PM

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I always do a middle click to get that arrowed circle

and then I zip all over the page with that thing

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Posted on 08-17-10 08:31:35 PM

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I had an old computer that counted a middle-click as a double-click. Then, later I got a newer one which pulled up that scroller thing. I'm using that somewhat now that my scroll wheel isn't working well.

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Posted on 08-18-10 02:14:39 AM

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I had an old mouse where if you flicked the scroll wheel hard enough, it would unlock and scroll to the bottom of the page really fast. Incredibly useful for getting to the bottom of the page quickly. You could also push it to the left or right to scroll horizontally. Too bad the mouse broke ¬¬

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Posted on 08-18-10 02:17:46 AM

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Originally posted by Zero One
I had an old mouse where if you flicked the scroll wheel hard enough, it would unlock and scroll to the bottom of the page really fast. Incredibly useful for getting to the bottom of the page quickly. You could also push it to the left or right to scroll horizontally. Too bad the mouse broke ¬¬

I actually remember being able to do this too, for some reason. Not quite sure when I did it, though.

I'll occasionally use the middle click-arrow method if I'm on a Windows machine, though.

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Posted on 08-18-10 04:03:03 AM

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I can't really say. I use every option I have with no clear preference.

I guess it depends on the page and what I'm doing ...

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