I don't care what you lot say, the side buttons on a mouse are for copy and paste (on desktop)
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
Last week, the PC Gamer hardware team engaged in a debate about the purpose of the side buttons on gaming mice. They were discussing Razer's new MMO gaming mouse, which features 12 buttons, when the conversation shifted to the two side buttons that are more commonly found across gaming mice. Among their colleagues, some believed the side buttons should be assigned for forward and back navigation, while others thought they were meant for copy and paste functions.
The team expressed surprise that their trusted colleagues held such misguided opinions, and they wondered if they were alone in their preference for the copy and paste function. To find out, they conducted a poll asking readers if they had their mouse side buttons assigned to forward/back or copy/paste. The results were revealing, with 1,343 respondents supporting the forward and back assignment, but a significant number of 189 readers agreeing with the copy and paste use.
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