Smooth scrolling on moving the mouse

Hi - in Leopard I miss a very handy feature which is implemented e.g. in Firefox: on pressing the middle mouse button I can move my mouse and the content of Firefox is continuously scrolled in a very smooth fashion. This enormously helps reading faster and it is also better for the eyes (at least for mine).
Is anybody aware of a tool that allows me to do the smooth scrolling on a *click and move of a mouse* in any arbitrary window?
Unfortunately, I don't "speak" AppleScript well enough, but the concept for a script is rather simple:
* state 1: when middle mouse button is pressed, store the current mouse position and enter state 2
* in state 2 get the current mouse position and scroll the content of the current window with a speed proportional to the difference in mouse positions; enter state 1 if middle mouse button is pressed again.
Is anybody willing to code such a script?
Thanks,
Kurt

Hi - do you mean the "scroll ball" which allows me to scroll the content of a window in any direction?
I was not referring to this feature, as the page stops each time I have to move my finger. What I meant was a state where every mouse-movement causes a smooth (and continuous) scrolling of the content. To enter this state I can press (and release) the middle mouse button. Try it in Firefox.

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