<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>I can only speak about my mouse/trackball, but "programmable" means more "assignable."</DIV><DIV>I can assign a button to scroll, click, double-click and lock, or I can assign keystrokes. So, if there's something not covered by the stock commands, you can make your own command, say, to Render in FCP.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>the logitech I use doesn't allow complex, involved things to be programmed, if that's what you're wondering about.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>for me, click, lock, double click and Cmd-W do it for me nicely.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>nk</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jan 4, 2006, at 7:47 PM, Freeman, Colt wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Gill Sans" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Gill Sans">How do programable buttons work in Tiger? I'm a DV and Digital Photographer so its allways nifty and time saving to have a programmable mouse but how complex can you get? I assume there are third party apps to help with that but I'm not sure what mice they work with and how complex I can get. I was eying some tonight at Best Buy... I like wired though because I notice a lag with wireless.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Gill Sans; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>_____________________________________</DIV><DIV>food for thought at: <A href="http://dailypinky.blogspot.com">http://dailypinky.blogspot.com</A>/</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>