Does the scroll wheel spin freely or does it 'ratchet' when used? Thanks!
60697
It does have a rachet feel which is very light, it is not an issue for me. Does not affect my scrolling.
60698
It has a ratchet movement although it is very subtle. If you press down it rolls freely.
60699
The scroll wheel doesn't spin freely. It "clicks" or "ratchets" into the next position on the wheel, but it does so extremely smoothly. I have very little issue with either kind of mouse you have referred to, but I haven't felt much of a difference between this and a free spinner if you will. You may have stronger feelings on the matter, of course.
1148063
Yes, the wheel moves from side to side and that function is assigned to left and right scrolling. The scroll rates are adjustable in SetPoint as is acceleration. SetPoint would allow you to reassign that function if needed. The wheel is also adjustable for fast smooth rolling or rolling with clicks. The fast rolling wheel allows you to move from top to bottom of a screen or set of screens very quickly. You select that by pushing the wheel straight down to click from mode to mode. Its a well thought out piece. I hope the software eventually catches up.
478522
If by accurate you mean "responds to being clicked", I've never had problems. I click, and the action happens. It takes a little bit more force to click than many other mice, though, so it may get annoying if you need the wheel to be easy to press. As for scrolling, there's a tactile little "tick" while scrolling. I.E. it feels bumpy when scrolling, much like many other mice.
191069
The scroll wheel does click as it is being used. Although it does click in as a button, you need to program it to mimic say the left or right mouse button.
385252
It physically clicks. Scrolling is also a little iffy. I've wished for a wheel at times.
144311
The scroll wheel tilts left and right; and my guess is that it will work with linux. However, since I don't use linux (I work only with Mac), I can't answer your question.
183532
I'm not sure what you mean but the scroll function works well. When you use the scroll, it works up until you're finished scrolling real time and it doesn't keep going after you've finished scrolling. I like this mouse so much that I bought one for mobile travel use as I hate using a small travel size. I highly recommend this product and I think I'll actually purchase a backup unit as well.
640152
Yes, but I must warn you, the scroll wheel is awful! It free spins when you move the mouse with no restraint. So it randomly scrolls all over... Defective if you ask me...
2204271
I'm not sure What do you mean by "scroll wheel click and drag", butThis mouse doesn't have middle click, but only scroll (both horizontal and vertical), so obviously it's not possible to drag with middle click.
671381
No scroll wheel, I didn't keep it...too small for my hand so not sure about your last question.
2219046
Yes, the wheel clicks softly during scrolling. Most mice I have used have a harder click than this.
1905156
Has anyone tried holding down the shift key when using scroll wheel? That works just fine scrolling left to right on my 2007 DotMouse. I would be curious to know results as I need to replace the DotMouse with something similar.
2208201
The scroll wheel does have left/right functionality. By default it's "scroll left" and "scroll right" (forward/back are mapped the the buttons by your thumb by default), but you can program them to do whatever you want.
710464
The scroll wheel has a number of functions:1. Rotate wheel to scroll up-down - works fine2. Moving the wheel left/right (clicks left/right) to scroll left/right - works fine3. Pressing down (click down) - this is the tricky operation because if you don't press directly downwards there is a good chance you will inadvertently activate the left/right scroll feature. The required down force is also somewhat more than the needed for the other buttons.I think that this is the nature of this mouse.
710460
I don't click the scroll wheel much but it is a bit stiffer than other scroll wheels but I've never run into a noticeable issue.
710461
I've never had a problem with the scroll wheel. The button that makes it a free wheeled scroll is awesome. This is the best mouse I've ever owned. I don't do any gaming so not sure how well it would work for games.
124705
Nope - it is ratcheting when you rotate backwards, but the wheel wouldn't rotate backward. Only forward ride.