are there any genuine 3 button mice left on the market?

[fluidedge]

I need a new mouse for maya as the cheap heavy wireless logitech im using is giving me serious wrist pain and trouble. Maya is heavily reliant on the third mouse button and i wondered if there are any out there? Initial seraching has brought back nothing.

Failing this can anyone recommend a really comfortable (CORDED - i hate wireless) mouse suitable for use up to 10 hours a day.

 

[illibball087]

what do you mean by 3 button? two buttons and scroll? bc almost ever scroll acts as three buttons for scrolling right left and pushing it down...heres a suggestion...

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/mice/devices/5870&cl=us,en

 

[mooblie]

By "third button" - do you count a clickable scroll wheel?

If so, any generic two-button wired-USB mouse with a clickable scroll wheel will do. I use such things for 10+ hours a day on two Macs.

I use USB Overdrive to configure the clicks you want. Works well.

 

[fluidedge]

no by a third button i mean a real middle button not a wheel:

I'm not sure quite why they've gone out of fashion.

 

[Sdashiki]

no by a third button i mean a real middle button not a wheel:

I'm not sure quite why they've gone out of fashion.

because they were supplanted by far superior mice with more than 3 buttons in a horrible configuration which leaves no room for the way more useful scroll wheel? And most scroll wheels ARE buttons you can press.

Remember when some apps REQUIRED this 3rd button!?

 

[codymac]

Sun Crossbow Mouse (it's a roller, not optical)

 

[fluidedge]

many apps do still require a third mouse button!

 

[mooblie]

Well, at the risk of repeating myself, USB Overdrive will allow you to configure the scroll wheel click (i.e. depressing the scroll wheel) as the "third" (or "middle") button...

 

[Sdashiki]

many apps do still require a third mouse button!

Like AutoCAD?

 

[fluidedge]

yeh nearly all 3d apps need the middle button. Maya certainly does. They could do with a 4th 5th and 6th as well tbh

 

[rgarjr]

Well ACAD and 3ds Max also require the scroll wheel mainly to zoom in/out as well. So I guess you will miss that if you have only buttons.