Apple Introduces Mighty Mouse

[srobert]

Looks like Apple may have finally pulled off the perfect product launch. ZERO leaks about the product, and IN most of the stores on day one. That's pretty amazing right there! Got mine in the Huntington LI store.

Only Apple can pull this out. Roll out a new product with next to zero advertising and have it sold out in a day. I guess we're not talking big quantities here. Only a dozen mice or so per Apple store. I wonder if they'll receive more everyday or weekly. At least it still shows as shipping same business day on the online store.

 

[Tinhead]

The default is
Left button = Primary (like a regular click on a one button mouse)
Right button = Secondary (like control-click on a one button mouse)
You can also switch them to be the opposite for lefties.

Thank you very much for this information. It seems Apple have abandoned their one-button approach, a clearly user-friendlier solution, for the sake of giving Windows users a familiar feel for the OS. I suppose that's the price they have to pay in order to gain switchers. I'm assuming the trend for worse software design that inevitably follows this release is not far behind.

I'm glad there is the option to turn buttons off and even map the "second button" as the primary click. Should have been the default setting, though.

 

[Diavilo1]

Well i also thought that this was a bummer, but then i did some test, and tried to see what i normally do when i right click, and to my amazement i automatically lift my left finger to do a right...it is as if this mouse was made for me "runs out to buy one"

Well now, isn't that interesting, i do the same thing!

 

[Forced Perfect]

i still dont see how it would work and i found this...

"Mighty Mouse even sounds as good as it feels. The audio feedback built into Mighty Mouse provides an aural sensation that responds to your movements. A tiny speaker inside Mighty Mouse produces button-clicking and Scroll Ball-rolling sound effects."

why would a speaker produce a button clicking sound if the mouse clicked?

of course i dont know for sure either

I didn't bother reading all 500-something replies to this topic and I have no idea if someone pointed this out but...

It makes a "click" sound because the touch-sensitive buttons on the mouse don't physically move when pressed (just like the iPod wheels don't spin when you use them.) No movement/button no click sound. So they add it to be cool.

 

[jiv3turkey748]

i cant believe people are accually buying this thing $50 people .... for a mouse... a wired mouse ... come on
i bought a hp 5button mouse for $20 its even shiny white and everything
i like the new mouse (aside from its corny name) but theres no way its worth $50

 

[50548]

See, this is the beauty of the Mighty Mouse - it can be a 1-button mouse, yet can also be a multi-button mouse with Scroll Ball, etc. It gives Apple users what they've been asking for for ages (a multi-functional mouse), yet keeps the 1-button mouse crowd content. And above all else, Jobs has found a loophole - he said he would never release a 2-button mouse, and he hasn't - this is a "no-button mouse". Clever bastard...

Tks for understanding my point...it's still a one-button mouse, ergonomically speaking...GO APPLE!

 

[CiBoys]

Let us know when you actually make your first post using the Mighty Mouse!

There is a thread in the Mac Peripherals
--- this is cool the clicking sound from the speaker only works when is on the mouse pad, if you were to lift it up it won't work.

haven't figure out what to do with Button 3 yet.

 

[MacRy]

But is it bluetooth?

 

[Tinhead]

I didn't bother reading all 500-something replies to this topic and I have no idea if someone pointed this out but...

It makes a "click" sound because the touch-sensitive buttons on the mouse don't physically move when pressed (just like the iPod wheels don't spin when you use them.) No movement/button no click sound. So they add it to be cool.

No, they add it because of aural feedback. It's very possible to make any mouse perfectly silent, but none of them are. For a reason (and no, not because it's "cool"). iPod's make clicking noises too by default, even the wheel, for the very same reason. If you ever used the 3rd Gen iPod, you know how painful it can be to operate with the touch-sensitive buttons and the clicking turned off. You never know if your press was recognized by the player or not (well, you do _see_ if something happens on the display, but nevertheless there is too little feedback without the sound).

 

[nagromme]

Re having to lift your left finger to right click:

Well i also thought that this was a bummer, but then i did some test, and tried to see what i normally do when i right click, and to my amazement i automatically lift my left finger to do a right...

Good test I too lift my left finger a little... SOMETIMES. And a mouse that right-clicks SOMETIMES won't do the job for me. I could learn new habits--but they'd be awkward ones. I'd have to lift EXTRA to be sure I always did it. I'd have to be conscious of it. I'd have to move two fingers to click, instead of just one. Version 1 is not for me. Awaiting version 2...

The default is
Left button = Primary (like a regular click on a one button mouse)
Right button = Secondary (like control-click on a one button mouse)
You can also switch them to be the opposite for lefties.

This review says differently: default is left-clicking only (plus squeeze = Exposé and ball-click = Dashboard).
http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008561.html

(I think the ideal default would be one-button only (since the right-function isn't clear "just walking up to it" and squeeze for Show All Windows--but make the ball button do the app switcher--since you can scroll select within it. Then many people will add the right-click function, but it won't confuse anyone who doesn't know about it.)

It makes a "click" sound because the touch-sensitive buttons on the mouse don't physically move when pressed

Yes, they do move, just like other Apple mice (but apparently not as much--so maybe less tactile feedback but still some).

No matter whether you click left, right, or center/ball, the whole shell physically does click down.

There's ALSO a speaker sound though. Sounds more important for the squeeze function (which apparently has a different sound of its own ).

 

[srobert]

haven't figure out what to do with Button 3 yet.

It just screams "Application switcher". ^_^.

I wonder how it will behave, if clicking it once does the same as "command-Tab", i.e. switching to previous app or if it open the switcher and waits for you to scroll above the needed app and click again… (I've been wondering a lot of things today)

 

[Bob Knob]

Not a two button mouse...

It's a four button mouse.

I finally got around to installing the software (I assume this will be rolled into the next OS update), and the new pref panel lets you map the scroll ball to not only scroll, but also act as button three. Just like buttons one and two, it clicks down the entire surface (like the one button mouse) rather than depressing the ball itself.

BTW, with the new software installed the twitchiness of the ball is gone.

(if you haven't read my first post, it's number 502)

So was it worth it? Even more so.

 

[JesterJJZ]

So the mouse doesn't actually "click down" ? Can we get some confirmation on this? Cause I might have to cancel my order.

 

[savar]

WOW

Thank the lord apple finally did this. Intel macs and now a 4-button mouse. This thread will probably blow up. I can't even begin to read all of the posts so far, so apologies if I repeat anything.

Well I'm not sure I like the idea of not having discrete buttons, and this mouse won't replace my intelliMouse, but if there's a bluetooth version available as a BTO when I get my next mac this thing is #1. The ball on top is a great idea. My intelli mouse has a scroll wheel that pivots to achieve the same thing, but the ball is a much better way to do it.

 

[mcarnes]

But is it bluetooth?

Would it hurt to read for 5 seconds before posting a new question?

 

[Tahko]

about the name once more... Thank God it was just something as stupid as Mighty Mouse, because it could have been iMouse.

I like Apple products 'n stuff (just ordered that iBook) but iThis & iThat thingys overused.We've got iPod, iMac, iBook, iTunes, iLife... *sigh*

 

[Tinhead]

This review says differently: default is left-clicking only (plus squeeze = Exposé and ball-click = Dashboard).
http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008561.html

(I think the ideal default would be one-button only (since the right-function isn't clear "just walking up to it" and squeeze for Show All Windows--but make the ball button do the app switcher--since you can scroll select within it. Then many people will add the right-click function, but it won't confuse anyone who doesn't know about it.)

I truly hope this information is correct! It would totally redeem the new mouse (as far as buttons go). Can anyone confirm the default settings on the new mouse? Thanks.

 

[MacRy]

Would it hurt to read for 5 seconds before posting a new question?

You tell me mate.....I was the person who about 10 pages ago posted the statement about people complaining that it isn't bluetooth.

Ah irony.....come on in....

 

[Bob Knob]

This review says differently: default is left-clicking only (plus squeeze = Exposé and ball-click = Dashboard).
http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008561.html

(I think the ideal default would be one-button only (since the right-function isn't clear "just walking up to it" and squeeze for Show All Windows--but make the ball button do the app switcher--since you can scroll select within it. Then many people will add the right-click function, but it won't confuse anyone who doesn't know about it.)

Before installing the included software (my comment was before installing) the default was L-Primary and R-Secondary... but for some reason the default with the new software is L-Primary R-Primary. Odd, but it's easy to change.

 

[citizencuomo]

Is BT the REAL issue?

While everyone is whining about the lack of bluetooth connectivity, why can't we focus on the REAL issue: the mighty mouse is optical. whatever happened to mechanical mice? In all seriousness, there are a few advantages to mechanical mice (such as ability to work on glass surfaces and incredible accuracy i.e. no dropped frames or lag from optical sensor)

on a side note, why don't BT mouse designers make mechanical mice? they would use far less power wouldn't they? At least it seems reasonable to me...

 

[Tinhead]

Before installing the included software (my comment was before installing) the default was L-Primary and R-Secondary... but for some reason the default with the new software is L-Primary R-Primary. Odd, but it's easy to change.

Thanks for the clarification!

 

[iGary]

Eff it, I ordered one.

If it helps me increase my efficiency with this project, great. If not, I'll use it with my iBook.

 

[srobert]

In all seriousness, there are a few advantages to mechanical mice

True but I would never go back to the world of gunk. But I must admit, I somehow enjoyed scraping the thing off the rolers inside the mouse. Freaky me.

 

[Fabio_gsilva]

Well now, isn't that interesting, i do the same thing!

Well, I tested and I do the same... Maybe this is pretty instinctive to all human beings and Apple showed again that knows it's costumers very deep...

Cool!!!!

 

[grapes911]

You tell me mate.....I was the person who about 10 pages ago posted the statement about people complaining that it isn't bluetooth.

Ah irony.....come on in....

No one rembers who posted what, they just remember what was said. You should work on your jokes.