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Apple Introduces Magic Mouse - A Multi-Touch Mouse
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Can somebody confirm whether there is/isn't a click? The multi-touch glass trackpads click in. Don't think I could use a mouse without at least some physical response.
Coupled with physics responsive feedback when scrolling I think this could work. Thank god I wait for the new one.
New Mouse
Looks interesting. The Mac mouse I have now is a bad design. The roller ball in the top center has stopped working on two of my mouse's, sometimes if you clean the ball it will start working again for a few hours then it stops. So this new design might work better
Looks interesting. The Mac mouse I have now is a bad design. The roller ball in the top center has stopped working on two of my mouse's, sometimes if you clean the ball it will start working again for a few hours then it stops. So this new design might work better
As already mentioned, you don't want them the same. When you scroll on a normal mouse, you use a single finger - not two.
I'm waiting to find out what the surface is like - optimally, it would be close to the glass surface on the MBPs. They're always smooth as silk. I'd hate to go back to a sticky (by comparison) plastic surface.
A bit off topic, but has anyone else noticed the BT keyboard now only requires two batteries, not three?
I may pop into a store to try it, but it looks to me like this mouse wouldn't be much good for prolonged use, it looks far too slim, and in the photos the hand of whoever's using it seems to far off, RSI a-plenty.
The idea however is great, so hopefully it can evolve a bit further.
The idea however is great, so hopefully it can evolve a bit further.
While there are no physical buttons, it DOES have a right click. Doubtless there will eventually be Bootcamp drivers supporting gestures. I bet that right click may work just fine out of the box, too. But if you're so worried about it not working with other operating systems on your Mac (something the mouse clearly isn't designed for) then maybe don't buy one?
What it is missing however is a middle click, something that I'm not sure I could do without these days. But the 360º swipe scrolling is quite appealing (love the idea, hate the scroll nipple on the Mighty Mouse). This is is probably the first mouse Apple has ever released that has me genuinely interested.
Yah, I can appreciate Apple's innovativness. I too hope this can evolve into something nice. Although who knows, I havn't tried it yet.
How did you get your hands on one already!? Oh, you haven't...you have no idea.
YES 100%
Until i can see or feel the 3 buttons i need to push on a mouse i have no use for it. Too many missed button clicks because i missed the "target area" on the old mighty mouse.
It has two buttons as did the mighty mouse. Try reading a bit before complaining. It has one physical button but you can right OR left click on the thing and it correctly registers both clicks perfectly.
I agree. Nevertheless, I am eager to step into the Apple store and try one of these out. It is pretty dang revolutionary (at least to me).
Get a normal 2 button mouse for gaming. For WoW, and other games in general, I typically leave both my fingers on the mouse. With the MM, and most likely with this mouse too, your left finger has to be hovering for the right click to be recognized. Not a good thing when things get intense.
Also, I would imagine it would be too easy to scroll left/right instead of an intended up/down. Maybe changing weapons instead of the camera (if that's possible or you program it as such on a different mouse).
If 3 and 4 finger support are truly absent and there isn't a way to replicate a 3rd and 4th mouse button as there is with the "Apple Mouse," then as much as I want to get this, it simply falls short of what it needs to do. At this point, I would be much happier if Apple released an external USB trackpad with the same multi-touch support as on the laptop.
I'm actually really pissed about this, because it had the potential to be so much better.
Agreed. I'm really pissed about them tossing the 3rd and 4th buttons. I used all four discrete buttons a lot. Apple went from 4 to 2...... Fail indeed. If you could squeeze the sides on this one.. problem solved for a 3rd button, and I'd be happy with that.
Can multitouch gestures activate spaces? dashboard? expose's show all windows? expose's show desktop? Those are some of the things that expose and a 4 button mouse can tackle together to be very productive and swift.
This question will have to be answered before I will buy one.
I need my squeeze 4th button to expose all windows.
I also need my middle click (which is set to "3rd button") to quickly and easily open up links in new tabs without going to them...and to quickly close tabs (in FF, safari doesn't do this) without looking for the "X"
Yeah it should have a click response, since it states its an entire button. Not to mention you can hear it click on the vid.
Don't Buy Until it does everything a trackpad can
I was excited about this until I found out it can only do half of the gestures a track pad can. Is it technically too difficult for it to track 3 fingers?
Until apple can truly make this a mouse that does what others cannot, I will be sticking with my trusty wired logitech 2-button scroll wheel mouse.
All this 'magic' mouse does is the same things the horrid 'mighty' mouse did with a facelift.
I was hoping for true innovation, maybe in time....
I was excited about this until I found out it can only do half of the gestures a track pad can. Is it technically too difficult for it to track 3 fingers?
Until apple can truly make this a mouse that does what others cannot, I will be sticking with my trusty wired logitech 2-button scroll wheel mouse.
All this 'magic' mouse does is the same things the horrid 'mighty' mouse did with a facelift.
I was hoping for true innovation, maybe in time....
+1.
This Magic Mouse looks a bit awkward to use, but can't judge conclusively till I get my hands on one. Judging from the video alone, I'd have been happier to see a desktop duplication of the trackpad which would offer an element of continuity when going from MBP to Mac desktop and back again.
I'm waiting for the "Super Magic Mouse" that will be released at the January 2010 keynotes and supports four finger gestures. Of course here at MacRumors there will be huge discussions why Apple won't include 4 finger gestures in the old Magic Mouse with an software update.