USB programming back and forward button

[Mark.web]

hi, i am wanting to build a usb foot pedal.
I am pretty to new to programming but am keen on learning. There will be two pedals, one moves a page forward and the other backwards. It can work on any program that require a back and forward button such as windows picture viewer to view pictures.
What type of component would be best used in this operation and would it be hard to programme?

thanks

[rdrast]

Start with the hardware.

See here for examples.
http://www.lvr.com/usb_device_hardware.htm

[bitshifter420]

Just put your keyboard on the floor and push the arrow keys with your toes...

[MrViggy]

Just put your keyboard on the floor and push the arrow keys with your toes...

[cilu]

hi, i am wanting to build a usb foot pedal.
I am pretty to new to programming but am keen on learning. There will be two pedals, one moves a page forward and the other backwards. It can work on any program that require a back and forward button such as windows picture viewer to view pictures.
What type of component would be best used in this operation and would it be hard to programme?

thanks

And how do you communicate with the pedal? Is not just that you plug it in your USB and ta da! Do you have a driver for it? A communication protocol?