Opera 9 beta + TrackPoint problem

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bhtooefr · #1 Post by **bhtooefr** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:40 am

Original thread (posted there first because it's a beta version, and the older version worked fine): http://my.opera.com/community/forums/to ... ?id=135927

bhtooefr wrote:8.54 responds to a sideways scroll on the TrackPoint by scrolling, well, sideways.

9.00.8367 does not.

Other relevant details:

PC: IBM ThinkPad R51e
OS: Windows XP SP2, all current patches
TrackPoint drivers: 3.55.0.0 (current version)

Is this a regression, or is it something else?

People are saying that it's a setting in the TrackPoint driver. I wasn't aware that such a setting existed, to change horizontal scroll behavior for different applications.

Any ideas?

bhtooefr · #2 Post by **bhtooefr** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:57 am

Bump?

bhtooefr · #3 Post by **bhtooefr** » Mon May 01, 2006 7:27 am

Bump?

#4 Post by **GomJabbar** » Tue May 16, 2006 12:21 am

I just unistalled Opera 8.54 and installed Opera 9.00 beta. I have the same issue with horizontal scrolling using Opera 9.00 beta.

Something I noticed, which can be good or bad depending on your point of view, is that text on some overly wide pages on this forum (usually from the posting of a long URL) gets wrapped, so that the window is normal width. It wraps the the text in the URL's at punctuation characters, i.e. ? - / ' , etc. The same thing happens as you create a post - text wraps at punctuation characters in the typing box.

Another gripe I have with both versions of Opera is what happens at Google forums. When you choose to reply to a post, the box to reply in is only about 2" wide. When I am using Netscape 7.2, the box to reply in is about 5" wide.

I am still making up my mind if I want to stay with Opera. The horizontal scrolling didn't work in Netscape 7.2 either. I don't think it works in Firefox. It does work in I.E., but I don't want to use I.E..

bhtooefr · #5 Post by **bhtooefr** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:11 am

Well, bump my thread over there (the more people that ask about it, the more likely they'll do something), and search to see if your other issues are covered...

#6 Post by **GomJabbar** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:39 am

Good point. I've been thinking of posting over there, but I haven't created a login yet.

#7 Post by **GomJabbar** » Sat May 20, 2006 8:50 pm

Well, I created a thread at: http://my.opera.com/community/forums/forum.dml?id=31

The subject is: [Regression] Horizontal scrolling does not work with IBM ThinkPad TrackPoint, Opera Beta 9.0.

Opera 9 beta + TrackPoint problem

Opera 9 beta + TrackPoint problem

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