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Apple Introduces Mighty Mouse

I hope this doesn't start a new wave of contextual menus. 2-button mice always through users of in Windows because of the different options you get in all different places. The 1-button mouse is great for the people that just can't grasp why the same device does 2 different things depending on the button you press.
Yes, I am talking more about the elderly... but there a lot of people I know that hated the 2 button mouse and switched to the Mac because it was simpler.
 
Switcher2001 said:
Okay, then what are those same force-sensing (squeeze) side buttons doing on my translucent-over-white mouse that came with the first flat-panel iMac two years ago? I wondered at first what they were doing there, and then forgot about it. Now I see the same buttons on this new mouse, and I feel gypped. They could have built that functionality into this mouse all along. :(

Anyone else ever wonder what those two side squeeze buttons were doing there on your mouse? Or am I just clueless and they're actually functional?
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Before, it was quite simple: needed to lift your mouse but keep the button held down? Put your thumb and little finger on the side things, and magically you'll keep the tension on the front button/rocker.
 
I like tactile feedback for my mouse. I think I'll pass on this solid-state scrolling device.
 
Well, Apple keeps finding ways to get me to send them some money even though I have sworn not to purchase a new computer until after the switch to Intel processors.

Nice work on the diabolical plan to separate me from my money a little at a time for the next year or so, Steve.
 
quackattack said:
It looks like you have to squeeze and it only acts as one button. I would much rather have them work independently so I can have one side do expose and the other clear the desktop.
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Try squeezing just ONE side of your mouse and not the other, and unless you carefully place your fingers to avoid one button, you'll soon discover the problem. Squeezing is just that... squeezing. It's not really two buttons, and I doubt you feel a physical click with when you squeeze. (Just an audible one.)


paulypants said:
Using it right now...AWESOME!
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Thanks for the detailed real-world report ;)
 
Lacero said:
Can you expound on your experience using it?
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Sure thing! I just picked it up at the Apple Store Galleria Mall near Buffalo...

Scrolling works great, if you listen closely makes soft clicking sound a la iPod scroll wheel...

Right and Left clicks work as advertised without much adjusting (coming from 1 button Apple Mouse)
 

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geeman said:
If the top areas at the front are touch-sensitive, how are you supposed to hold it?

:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
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My Kensington Pocket Mouse LE doesn't have two buttons - it has a flexible top cover that is pressure sensitive. I never lift my fingers off it except to scroll, but just push lightly to right or left click.

This looks similar, so isn't quite as spectacular to me as some seem to think it is. It looks better though, and if I had e.g. an iMac I would probably pay more for this than for a generic mouse to keep the Apple look.

What I didn't like about the one button mouse wasn't the lack of right-click, but the lack of a scroll wheel. This looks like it would satisfy that need.
 
this tech. in the next PB?

I wonder what the chances are of this making it into the PowerBook in the next (hopefully coming-soon) refresh. If they're sticking with the G4, they really need to add some value to keep sales up.

Obviously the implementation would be different, but I like the idea of adding a multi-button option to the trackpad. We already have the scrolling trackpad, but a touch-sensitive button that can act as multi-button (or stay one-button for those who prefer it) would be nice.

I was hoping to get a PowerBook in the next couple of months... but right now, unless there's an update really soon that blows me away, I'm thinking an iBook as a stop-gap to hold me until the Intel PBs.

Regardless, I think the Mighty Mouse (despite the unfortunate name) looks awesome. I'd want to try one in the store to make sure it operates as-expected, but if it does there's a good chance I'll be walking out of the store with one. :)
 
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS

Who needs:

Powerbook G5
Powermac Dual 3Ghz
Year of HD
64mb cards in ibooks & minis
better range of standalone computers (for switchers who need more than a mini & less than a powermac - NEWS FLASH Windows users already have monitors so don't need imacs)
& so on.....
etc...........


What we need is a f**king mouse with a stupid name. Go Apple!!
 
Why didn't I see this coming?
Did I miss a rumor? Or did the rumor community miss this?
That's what we get for screaming "G5 Powerbooks" ;)
 
srobert said:
Try clicking, holding and lifting your mouse all at the same time without touching those "buttons". You don't have to do this often but I happens.
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Exactly my first impression. How would that work?

I also hold my hand at an angle when I use the mouse, so this would be a bit uncomfortable.

I forsee the scroll ball being dropped for a smooth touch sensitive scroll top which would make the mouse look just as it is today, but with a lot more functionality.
 
Very nice pictures paulypants. Thank your for posting and being our beta tester. Hope "Mighty Mouse" will be offered as standard with new Mac's. A wireless version would be nice also.
 
atari1356 said:
No, hell froze over when Apple announced the switch to Intel processors. This is just a two button mouse... no big deal in comparison to that. :)
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Nope hell froze over with iTunes for Windows. Apple even said so.

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:D

Now where are those Newton 4000's? ;)
 
motulist said:
Looks like it could be really cool, but I hope they DONT use it as the standard shipping mouse with all their computers. For 2 reasons...

1) Having more than one mouse button as standard will encourage poor software design

2) The whole advantage of the Mac is that it eliminates unnecessary complexity which allows power users as well as novice to navigate with comparable efficiency.

Try telling my 60 something year old mother who is very seriously thinking of switching "No, no, to activate this feature you have to squeeze the mouse, don't click it. No, no, not roll it to the side, squeeze the sides."
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I'm somewhat disagree with that. I think the "two-button" mouse idea is common knowledge now. Yes, when I try to help my grandmother, she doesn't always use the second button, but if I say "right-click" it wouldn't throw her into cardiac arrest. The scroll bar, I imagine, is so natural, that it does exactly what you "feel" it should do. Kinda like the computers on Minority Report. They just throw their hands around and the computer does it. That's what I feel this scroll bar thingy will do.

I imagine that some windows users will right-click without even realizing it. I've had many friends that sit down with my one-button mouse and try to right-click, not realizing that there isn't a right button. This will make the transition to a Mac all the more seamless. People will soon forget the whole "one-button" mouse debockle (sp?).

Good software design? I don't see a standard two-button mouse with each Mac having THAT much influence on the design of the software. It might affect it, but for the better. Windows software is just poorly organized to begin with, not just because the mouse. I saw that shipping this puppy standard with every Mac would have WAY MORE benefits that it would downfalls.
 
Spock said:
Man what is Steve doing?? Intel?? Two buttons?? Whats next Wal-Mart?
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Selling packages at Best Buy and Wal-Mart with the 15" monitor, a keyboard, and a mouse for $150 over the computer price wouldn't be a bad idea.

As for the mighty mouse: It's very late, but they delivered on the goods big time. Apple, this should be your standard mouse or at least come standard with the PowerMac. I'm not sure I like the name, but I like the product. Single button snobs can use it there way and those of us who prefer more buttons can use it our way. I do have two slight criticisms though.
1. Price is $10-15 too high for this kind of mouse. It's a revolutionary good looking mouse, but are people going to pay the money for it?
2. As just about everyone has said, no bluetooth version.
I'd also like Apple to release the DPI rating for this mouse.
 
Hell is an arctic wasteland now. And all their citizens are ice-skating.
 
latergator116 said:
Hmm, You may be right. I'm still confused how this touch sensitive design works. I think I'll have to try it out in person, though.
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My guess is that it uses the same touch technology as in the 3rd generation iPods...
 
achmafooma said:
I was hoping to get a PowerBook in the next couple of months... but right now, unless there's an update really soon that blows me away, I'm thinking an iBook as a stop-gap to hold me until the Intel PBs.
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Yah I think with this release something is going to change on the PB. I'm guessing that Apple is holding a lot of cool things back for the x86 PowerBooks. Should be interesting. :D
 
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