Hello,

I originally posted this under the 'As Far As I Know' blog by one of the Gnome developers in "Every Detail Matters". I was advised to post it here, so ...

I use the mouse left handed and on log in I need to remember to use the left button, not right button to log in (as log in assumes a right handed mouse). This is mildly irritating and completely unnecessary as I’ll argue below.

I understand that of course login cannot know my mouse preferences before I’ve logged in, which is presumably why it defaults to a right-hand mouse, however there is an easy way to get login to work with either mouse as I'll explain.

The solution is simply both left and right hand clicks perform exactly the same job on the log in screen (and there is no other-button ‘menu’ option). That way my mouse preferences don’t need to be known and either button will select my name or push the login buttons.

Similarly for locked screens.

Ok, only 10% of people use left-handed mice, but this is IMHO definitely a "Detail that Matters". I would have thought it was a pretty easy thing to fix too.

Keep up the good work with Gnome – it is definitely becoming a very usable desktop.

Best regards

Neill Jones