Getting back/forward mouse buttons working as default

[Martin Alderson]

Both OSX and Windows seem to do this, without any extra drivers. For
example, when I plugged in my wireless mouse, it set it up without
requiring any driver CD on either OSX or Windows, and this mouse only
started production years after Windows XP came out so it can't of
shipped the driver with it for this exact model.

What would be the harm of enabling mouse6 and mouse7 by default?
Surely if you don't have a mouse that can handle it, it's not going to
get pushed?


On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 01:48:48 +0000, Daniel Stone
<daniel at amnesiac.heapspace.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 01:40:47AM +0000, Martin Alderson wrote:
> > Is it possible we could have the backwards and forwards mouse buttons
> > just _working_ when I plug a mouse in?
> >
> > At the moment they are totally wacked, which can only be fixed by
> > running a cryptic set of commands and programs, from what I gather.
> >
> > I'm using a wireless intellimouse explorer 2.0 (got it free as a
> > warranty replacement) and it doesn't work by default. I have also got
> > intellimouse explorer (wired) which broke, but still has working mouse
> > buttons (apart from mouse1, which double clicks all the time).
> >
> > Any chance of this getting in?
> 
> I'm looking into it, but it seems to be very difficult, thanks to the
> fact keyboard and mouse manufacturers have unanimously decided that the
> world doesn't need a way to tell keyboards and mice apart, and that you
> should instead just pop the driver CD that came with the device into
> your Windows installation.
>