"Speaking as one who has used Macs for 20 years, and on behalf of the millions of Mac users who have tossed the mice that came with their new Macs into a desktop drawer after going out and buying a multi-button mouse, I'd just like to take a moment to say...
Here's what I don't get, when I mouse, my index and middle fingers rest on the left and right buttons, I am guessing you could set sensitivity so there is a difference between resting on and "pressing", but this seems like it could be adding something more to deal with. Also you will be missing the tactile feedback of a click. I read that there is a speaker inside the mouse that makes clicking noises, but that isn't really the same. One of my biggest beefs with the ipod is the stupid clicking noises it makes (which can be disabled, but come back on by default when you connect to itunes, or don't use it for ~36 hours). Anyways it just seems like Apple is over-engineering the mouse here. Why use touch sensitive mouse buttons when regular analog ones give better feedback and work just as well? Ahh right, because it looks cleaner.
That's funny. Kind of like the electric cars that were too quiet, so they put speakers on them to make cars noises so that people could here them coming.
The problem with over-engineering is that it adds more breakable pieces, and costs more. And in some cases, doesn't even work as well. I don't see the problem with buttons. They don't look "bad" and even if they did who cares?
Doesn't apple have a mouse that has a trackpad for a wheel? So instead of rolling a physical wheel it works like a trackpad to figure out which way you're trying to roll. Stuff like that sounds neat, but really... why. I have more faith in a physical wheel than I have in a trackpad.
the mouse i use, which is not an apple mouse, but a kensington... has a trackpad in stead of a scroll wheel. it's actually nicer than useing a wheel in my opinion.
I liked the mouse my mac at work came with. It was a little tiny cute one. So I bought a little tiny one to use with my computer. It fits better in my hand :)
this is why i can't get down with apple. i can just see all these apple people with smug looks thinking, well looky here, this mouse is the end all and be all, i bet you pc people wish you had something like this. argh. seething with murderous rage. and i agree with ike on the touch sensitive thing. i would hate that. people who build arcade cabinets love to get a hold of old, original joysticks, buttons, trackballs, etc because of the way they feel. if i'm not pressing down on something and getting feed back, i'm not clicking, and i hate it.
whew. rantalicious. and, oh yeah, don't take stock advice from asian.
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The problem with over-engineering is that it adds more breakable pieces, and costs more. And in some cases, doesn't even work as well. I don't see the problem with buttons. They don't look "bad" and even if they did who cares?
Doesn't apple have a mouse that has a trackpad for a wheel? So instead of rolling a physical wheel it works like a trackpad to figure out which way you're trying to roll. Stuff like that sounds neat, but really... why. I have more faith in a physical wheel than I have in a trackpad.
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It is, however, multibutton.
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whew. rantalicious. and, oh yeah, don't take stock advice from asian.
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