Closing programmes....

[dickymint]

X at top right of page always seemed a daft place for it! Too much mouse travel! Is there any way of moving it to top left? (long shot I know but just had to ask).

[fredf]

You can still double click the top left icon like in Windows 3.x

[_dobbo_]

use [ALT] and [F4] together, zero mouse movement required!

[JamieBeeston]

right click on the icon in the system tray and choose close..

but really.. come on..!

an inch of mouse movement is too far??

[BliarOut]

JamieBeeston said:

right click on the icon in the system tray and choose close..

but really.. come on..!

an inch of mouse movement is too far??

An inch? Some of us have 21" monitors you know... That's a hell of a lot of mousage

[Baconbonce]

Surely having it in the top left hand corner would cause just as much mouse travel as in the top right!

[JamieBeeston]

BliarOut said:

JamieBeeston said:

right click on the icon in the system tray and choose close..

but really.. come on..!

an inch of mouse movement is too far??

An inch? Some of us have 21" monitors you know... That's a hell of a lot of mousage

It's not the size of your monitor, it's what (resolution) you do with it

fnarr

[dickymint]

Sussed it Changed the macro on me mouse wheel - press it and it closes the window. Oh the POWER the POWER

[BliarOut]

JamieBeeston said:

BliarOut said:

JamieBeeston said:

right click on the icon in the system tray and choose close..

but really.. come on..!

an inch of mouse movement is too far??

An inch? Some of us have 21" monitors you know... That's a hell of a lot of mousage

It's not the size of your monitor, it's what (resolution) you do with it

fnarr

square 1280 + square 1024 / ... Oh bugger it, that's a lot of pixellage either way

[jimmyjimjim]

Or you can cheat -

www.razerzone.com/Products/Gaming-Mice/Razer-Copperhead-Gaming-Mouse/

Sneeze, and it takes me 5 minutes to find the damn pointer again. An inch of travel for the entire screen, never move my arm at all.

[Bodo]

JamieBeeston said:

BliarOut said:

JamieBeeston said:

right click on the icon in the system tray and choose close..

but really.. come on..!

an inch of mouse movement is too far??

An inch? Some of us have 21" monitors you know... That's a hell of a lot of mousage

It's not the size of your monitor, it's what (resolution) you do with it

fnarr

The amount of mouse movement does as well depend on your mouse's acceleration.
I need 9mm for 1600px. Anyway, some programs use mouse gestures, for example Firefox on Windows. This should allow you to close a window/tab everywhere above it

[xiphias]

Top left? Get a mac!

[greenlandy]

xiphias said:

Top left? Get a mac!

not if my prick was on fire Just get windows blinds and find a skin you like.

[xiphias]

Er, macs are good things...

[dilbert]

xiphias said:

Er, macs are good things...

...for propping doors open, using as guage weights, occasional furniture, the mouse can be used as an excellent improvised weapon, the display makes an ideal chopping board.......

[ThePassenger]

greenlandy said:

xiphias said:

Top left? Get a mac!

not if my prick was on fire Just get windows blinds and find a skin you like.

Now that's a bet I'll take! Someone get the Apple store up and I'll got find my zippo!

[greenlandy]

xiphias said:

Er, macs are good things...

Have to disagree with you there. I worked for a Mac repair company and in the end I got so fed up of the unreliabilty and cost of replacement parts that I threw the towel in and went back to Windows based PC's.

thepassenger said:

Now that's a bet I'll take! Someone get the Apple store up and I'll got find my zippo!

Do you no of someone mental enough to want to go into an apple reseller let alone part with cash for one ?

[xiphias]

You went from a mac back to windows? Surely going to Linux would have been a better idea...

[flossythepig]

jimmyjimjim said:

Or you can cheat -

www.razerzone.com/Products/Gaming-Mice/Razer-Copperhead-Gaming-Mouse/

Sneeze, and it takes me 5 minutes to find the damn pointer again. An inch of travel for the entire screen, never move my arm at all.

Take a look at Mouse Properties in the Control Panel, in the Pointer Options you can set the CTRL key to show the location. Try it.

[jimmyjimjim]

I know; should have added a
It is by far and away the best mouse I've ever had, and I've tried about 30.
Still not perfect, but close enought that it'll have to be something special to get me to replace it.