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minus-squareThe_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·8 hours agoThe first computer mouse did have two wheels
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoWait, is that wheel for scrolling?
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.ukcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoWait, are those bite marks on the other wheel?
minus-squareThe_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 hours agoMostly the fact that is can only move in 2 directions.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 hours agoBut 2D space has only 2 directions. ↔, ↕ and everything inbetween.
minus-squareThe_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoIt’s the everything in between where you get problems
minus-squareVerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 hours agoSet up two wheels and try to drag them diagonally, see what happens.
minus-squareVerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoYeah, that’s the way I mean. If the wheels in your figure there were at 90° angles, it wouldn’t work at all. The very best case scenario would be that it would input “>>>>>>^>” the whole time you’re dragging.
The first computer mouse did have two wheels
Wait, is that wheel for scrolling?
That’s the bottom of the mouse
Oh.
Wait, are those bite marks on the other wheel?
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Mostly the fact that is can only move in 2 directions.
But 2D space has only 2 directions. ↔, ↕ and everything inbetween.
It’s the everything in between where you get problems
Set up two wheels and try to drag them diagonally, see what happens.
And that way? \↑/
Yeah, that’s the way I mean. If the wheels in your figure there were at 90° angles, it wouldn’t work at all. The very best case scenario would be that it would input “>>>>>>^>” the whole time you’re dragging.