Comment 25 for bug 1228250

Steven Hunter writes me:

> > 2nd big item:
> > If your mouse does not have a mode for horizontal scrolling, any
> > setting in the lower panel <strong>Horizontal scrolling</strong>
> > will be ignored.
>
> Maybe I'm misunderstanding something here, but this statement doesn't
> jive with the intent of the "bug" in question.
>
> The point of the bug was to request that the Mouse Wheel pref panel list
> "Scroll the document horizontally" as a choice for the wheel action. Your
> comment seems to imply supporting mice with secondary wheels only for
> such scrolling.

I think you are right that I may have misunderstood the original intent of the
bug when I first found it. Since then I never read the old comments again. It's
a bit stupid because noone objected two months ago or at least when I added my
ideas and the first draft of my patch.
What's the best procedure now? I guess I need to open a new bug and attach the
new patch there... Objections?