Confused about the thumb buttons on the left side: are they for web browsing forward & back control or music control only? Thank you.
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Sorry it took so long to answer the controls at the side of the mouse controls the volume and to go back to previous page
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You hold the forward or backward button - it's not really a granular system. You kinda get a burst of sound until you figure it out.
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Yes, they are. The red buttons ( for browsing on the internet ) is used for going back a page or forward a page. The buttons in the middle behind the scroll controls the sensitivity of the mouse, and the rest function like the buttons on a normal mouse. It works for a reaaaaally long time. I've had it for about half a year now. Didn't change at all. It is worth the price.
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not ACTUALLY programmable if i'm not mistaken. the wired version (the one i have) has 5 buttons if you include l/r/m as buttons. the only two "extra" are on the left side for your thumb. most games bind actions to them without a problem however.
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I have the thumb arrows set to be volume all the time.My left/right tilt on the scroll wheel are back/forward in browser, and keymapped buttons for games.
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The side buttons do not work out of the box. However, in the Systems Preferences&gt;Accessibility&gt;Switch Control side bar&gt;Switches tab, there are 4 built in system commands: Restart from top, Select item, Move to next item, Stop scanning, as well as executing Apple scripts when a side button is pressed. If you want more commands or don't know how to program in Apple script, I recommend downloading BetterTouchTool (Free). You can bind the side button to any keyboard shortcut. In my case, I bind them to command-[ and command-], which is the command for back a page, forward a page respectively for almost all apps (Chrome, Safari, Finder etc.)
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one of the buttons (the back one) is slightly higher then the other, they are both fully programmable, the raised one in question is set to alt-tab for me, and i have the other of the two set to swap between profiles of the games i play. you can really change things around with the software.
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Yes, it does have the back and forward thumb buttons. They work fine with linux,and windows too I'm sure. I believe they said it will not work with mac, but I can't verify this
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Its really odd, if i remember correctly you hold down on a certain side of the skipping forward button. The same button you would use to change the song ... i think its holding down the upper part of it.
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Actually, the up and down keys on the front panel dial control volume. The left and right keys control song scroll forward/back.
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1. Aerb has a video on YouTube that demonstrates features including the mic and speaker ones in which you are interested.2. The buttons on the side support speaker features; there are no webpage forward/backward buttons.Jim
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Yes. Actually Justin, the question asker, has the answer in his Review. Out of the box the Back and Forward mouse buttons don't work, but if you use BetterTouchTool, you can add custom key bindings to those buttons and map them to any action (including Back and Forward) you want!You can download it here: http://www.boastr.net/ The assigned actions you want are 3F Swipe Left (Page Back) and 3F Swipe Right (Page Forward) thats under "Predefined Actions" -> "Mimicking standard gestures"
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No, no software included. The side buttons basically represent the browse back and forward function.
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Yes and no. You can configure the middle click button using Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center to work as either a back or forward button. Unfortunately it can only be one.
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From the school of hard knocks. the long button the the left side is off/on. slide it down and hold it down to turn the unit on. once it is on, i use the 4 sides of the touch button below the visual display. the right side is play or stop and it is also enter or select. the left side is reverse or pop up one menu. all of my music is under Musc and then Albums. so i use the 4 edges of the bottom button to select the album i want to hear then i select play all. the right side button is volume. i have to press it a few times to adjust the volume. i use Windows Media Player on my desktop to rip music from my CDs to the desktop. then i copy it over to the file structure on the MP3 player. there is a setting or options button on the lower right side but i don't know how to use it. my guess is we can set the time of day and more.
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Play/pauseSkip forward trackSkip back trackAnd Bluetooth buttonIf u hold the skip track buttons it is also for volume up(skip forward) and volume down(back a track)
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The side buttons go back or forward in browsing, they do not scroll up and down. Only the scroll button on the top middle scrolls.