Figures that they release the mouse I've been wanting for years 2 months after I finally say "you know what, they're never gonna make it" and dished out the money for a replacement for my old mighty mouse (A wireless targus with touch scrolling.) I'm kind of glad though that the new one seems to lack support for shortcut gestures. At least that way I don't feel like I completely jumped the gun. Hopefully in the future it will support expose and dashboard or other shortcuts.
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Apple Introduces Magic Mouse - A Multi-Touch Mouse
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Their implementation is a bit different than the trackpad. And honestly, I just want 1 set of rules to follow when using gestures.
I can understand why they didn't include the 3 & 4 finger swipe gestures, but still think they could have implemented a 3-finger click as a substitute for the middle click and a 4 finger click for the 4th squeeze button. Expose navigation is pretty critical for my finder workflow.
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BOP: I got swept up in the looks of the Magic Mouse and the fact that I could scroll again. I am a bit surprised that the tertiary buttons/controls are gone. That is a big let down for me. Even thought the mighty mouse is i hinderance for scrolling and zooming the ability to control Dashboard and Expose are a major part of my workflow.
I guess that no-name company can say goodbye to getting any future money on damages for using the Mighty Mouse name.
Let's see which stupid company comes out of the woodwork to claim the Magic Mouse name. lol
I wouldn't call 20th Century Fox a no-name company
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It's biggest fail hit me right away when they said "simply hold down the control key and...? I said WHAT and REALLY? where the heck is the pinch and expand gesture to zoom??
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I just don't use all these bells and whistles companies put on these mice. I have a Logitech mouse with tilt wheel, side wheel, wheel buttons, some customizable button on top, and I never use any of them. The standard buttons, the scroll wheel and the forward and back buttons is about all I can handle.
But NOT as configurable as the old mouse (or at least, differently configurable).
You have swipe forward/back which the old one lacked, but you no longer can customize functions like Show All Windows, Show Desktop, Show Application Windows, Show Dashboard, and Application Switcher.
Agreed. I wonder if it is upgradable via software update? Could those features be added?
iThink it's a nice technology, but I am going to wait to see how well the Bluetooth portion works before I consider. All Apple mice I have owned have suffered from hourly disconnects.
on the phone to the apple store on regent street to check stock level, been waiting for a new mouse for ages, got two mighty"crap"mouses here, both unable to scroll - fed up with the cleaning/fixing solutions... bring on the gesture please...
[edit] just got through. no stock until tomorrow (possibly). They haven't had any in yet.
[edit] just got through. no stock until tomorrow (possibly). They haven't had any in yet.
does it play games and ergo scares me
My main concern is how does it handle in WOW and with all the twisting and turning of the wrist and fingers, I think it maybe prone to do more harm than a regular mouse. It looks like ergonomics are just not there for anything comfortable.
My main concern is how does it handle in WOW and with all the twisting and turning of the wrist and fingers, I think it maybe prone to do more harm than a regular mouse. It looks like ergonomics are just not there for anything comfortable.
death to the scrollball!
undecided if i should get a Magic Mouse or a more contoured and ergonomic MX 1100.
I just upgraded to the Performance MX from the Revolution MX, and I have to say that I love this mouse. It feels nice, and it's really precise. Definitely an upgrade over the previous model.
As much as I think the Magic Mouse is a great, great, great idea... I feel like it just doesn't work for many of the "power user" apps that I'm running. I guess it's just a matter of what you use your computer for. The magic mouse seems to be geared towards a regular user doing simple computing.
Nothing beats the org. Microsoft Intellimouse wheel
Apples new product will not be one that will .
Apples new product will not be one that will .
For MBP owners...
...I fail to see
(1) how it would be better than a trackpad in almost all cases; and
(2) in those very few cases where *I* feel I need a mouse (either pixel-level manipulation or extremely repetitive tasks for which I'm too lazy to write a script), how it would be better than the 10-year-old $10 Logitech wireless mouse, with its 3.5-year battery life and ~5-foot range.
...I fail to see
(1) how it would be better than a trackpad in almost all cases; and
(2) in those very few cases where *I* feel I need a mouse (either pixel-level manipulation or extremely repetitive tasks for which I'm too lazy to write a script), how it would be better than the 10-year-old $10 Logitech wireless mouse, with its 3.5-year battery life and ~5-foot range.
strange. never had any problem other than the scroll issue. BT prob on your mac?
I'd wait-and-see: it looks like a middle-click signal is NOT supported, and if that's true then you'd be stuck waiting for a software solution from Apple, or using a keyboard command in your 3D app.
I never use middle-click outside of games (for which I have a non-Apple mouse) but if I did, I wouldn't rush to get the Magic Mouse. There may--or may not--be an acceptable middle-click solution.
I find the opposite to be true: a light mouse (or super-low-friction surface) jerks for me because it offers no resistance to my muscle precision.
However, if you prefer light, the old Mighty Mouse would work with one OR two batteries installed. The new one might do the same. Something to investigate.
I have my 3rd mouse button set to activate expose, and "the squeeze" set to trigger spaces. The nice thing about "the-mouse-formerly-known-as-mighty" was that you could choose to use the squeeze controls or not, so it scaled in complexity along with the user's needs. In other words, if you don't like it you can disable the 4th buttons and not have it screw you up, whereas someone like me can choose to put it to work for them.
Yeah, I know...can't believe how cheap it is for what it does. I've bought more expensive mice that don't half of what this does.
Sweet.