It turned out (after some research) not to be hard to do. I find the forward/backward action rather handy with multipage documents and long web pages, so I wanted the previous behavior back. (I don’t recall trying to read multiple documents at once to see if they would switch among open documents.) In Xreader and Acrobat Reader, they also did not move forward backward among pages. In the Firefox web browser, they would switch among tabs rather than vertically scrolling the current tab.
Logitech trackball mouse driver centos upgrade#
After the upgrade (and switch from the Cinnamon desktop to the Mate desktop), their behavior changed. Prior to the upgrade (and with no special configuration on my part, at least that I can remember), the extra buttons acted like page up and page down in every web browser or document reader that I used. I’m not sure I’d agree about “large”, but I agree that they are easy to reach, and up until my most recent operating system upgrade I would have agreed they acted as back and forward buttons. In addition to the usual (at least for non-Mac users) three main buttons (left, write and combination scroll wheel/third button), the M570 has a couple of secondary buttons, which Logitech describes as “large, easy-to-reach Back/Forward buttons”.
The M570 works fine with Linux (at least Mint and Ubuntu) with no need for additional drivers. I generally prefer trackballs to mice - no need to lift and reposition after a bunch of movement - and I find that using my thumb, rather than my index finger (or, if I’m in a bad mood, my middle finger) to move the cursor is less fatiguing for my hand and wrist. For years, I’ve used a Logitech M570 wireless trackball with my Linux Mint PC.
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