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minus-squareThe_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month agoThe first computer mouse did have two wheels
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoWait, is that wheel for scrolling?
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoWait, are those bite marks on the other wheel?
minus-squareThe_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoMostly the fact that is can only move in 2 directions.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoBut 2D space has only 2 directions. ↔, ↕ and everything inbetween.
minus-squareVerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoSet up two wheels and try to drag them diagonally, see what happens.
minus-squareVerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month 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.
minus-squareThe_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoImagine trying to move that mouse in a circular motion
minus-squareThe_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoIt’s the everything in between where you get problems
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.
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.
Imagine trying to move that mouse in a circular motion
It’s the everything in between where you get problems