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Apple Introduces Mighty Mouse
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Little Endian said:
From looking at it i think it still actually clicks down like the older one button mouse, but it senses the pressure on top. If there is more pressure on the left side when you "click" then it registers a left click, and vice-versa for the right. I gather they are smart enough to know that some people keep both fingers on the buttons when clicking one so it will probably take the one with the most pressure applied.
Lepton said:
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
NicP said:
Well, this is complete speculation on my part, but knowing Apple, I am sure that you can have your hand and fingers wherever you want and it is going to sense which part is receiving the most pressure. No need to lift your other finger.
The sensor is only going to register when there has been enough pressure to actually make the mouse click down.
Sexiest mouse ever. I feel that for me to spend that kind of money right now on a mouse is a waste. Just got a Logitech MX 310 for $6 refurb. That will hold me over a few years until college is done. Then I can get this piece of art mouse.
Now if Apple surprised everybody in the world with this mouse this Tuesday, who knows what NEXT TUESDAY will hold? New Powerbook. New PowerMacs. New Pre-N Airport Express w/MIMO. New Video iPod. Apple did a really good job with this introduction without any beans spilling out ahead of time.
Now if Apple surprised everybody in the world with this mouse this Tuesday, who knows what NEXT TUESDAY will hold? New Powerbook. New PowerMacs. New Pre-N Airport Express w/MIMO. New Video iPod. Apple did a really good job with this introduction without any beans spilling out ahead of time.
Sorry, but I'm going to keep using my Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer with my Mac mini:
Four buttons + scroll wheel + it's optical (of course). The fact that the Mighty Mouse has a tail on it is a dealbreaker for me... no matter how cool it might be, my desktop is all wireless.
Four buttons + scroll wheel + it's optical (of course). The fact that the Mighty Mouse has a tail on it is a dealbreaker for me... no matter how cool it might be, my desktop is all wireless.
As far as I know, Mighty Mouse is not owned by Disney... that's MICKEY Mouse you're thinking of. (Mighty Mouse is a cartoon from the 1950s or so... he was like Superman, but his theme song went like this: "Here I come to save the day, Mighty Mouse is on his way!")weg said:
NicP said:
I would think that if both the touch sensors detect a finger, it'll behave like a standard click. You'll only need to lift the finger on the left if you want the right-click action, not vice-versa. At least, that's the way it would work if I had designed it.
I'd bet the first Intel-based 'books will have a single button with left/right touch sensor too.
Lepton said:
I bet you won't need to do that. The mouse "shell" probably doesn't go straight down when you click just one side. It's going to push down on one side a little more than the other, so it will know your click.
You should be able to use it just like any other 2-button mouse (though technically speaking, it only has one button (that has 2 activation points)).
I don't believe a one-button mouse is a minimalistic design masterpeice. It's a road block. The whole "right click, left click" thing isn't that confusing - it's nearly insulting that Apple though people would get confused.
I like it and will likely purchase it when a BT version is available, but it really doesn't seem like the functionality is much greater than any other 3 button - scrolling mouse. It has a right and left click, just not visibly apparent. It basically has a third button that can be programmed to open an app. And the one thing that makes it functionally superior to other 3 button mice is the 360 degree scrolling, but I personally have never had much need to scroll horizontally. It seems like the major advantage is the fact that it's an Apple mouse and incorporates Apple's superior aesthetics, while offering all the advantages of similar 3rd party mice.
First Intel, now two-button mice ...
I liked the one-button mouse very much because of its simplicity. Did you ever see computer beginners wondering all the time which button to press? Two buttons are far too complicated for standard tasks like web, email, iLife, word processing.
As long as there was only a one-button mouse from Apple, it forced them to make the UI of their software "one-button-friendly", even if you could use two-button mice all the time. But now ...
The sad thing is that I cannot switch to PCs or Linux (THREE BUTTONS!!!).
I liked the one-button mouse very much because of its simplicity. Did you ever see computer beginners wondering all the time which button to press? Two buttons are far too complicated for standard tasks like web, email, iLife, word processing.
As long as there was only a one-button mouse from Apple, it forced them to make the UI of their software "one-button-friendly", even if you could use two-button mice all the time. But now ...
The sad thing is that I cannot switch to PCs or Linux (THREE BUTTONS!!!).
Bad Design?
Without entering into the two-button/one-button debate, this seems like bad user interface design. Devices should to some extent *look* like what they *do*. By disguising a two-button mouse as a one-button mouse, Apple has added functionality that is not *visible* to the user, creating the potential for user confusion. From a confused user's point of view, the same action would produce divergent behavior.
Am I the only person who thinks that Apple is putting aesthetics (the seamless look) ahead of functionality?
Without entering into the two-button/one-button debate, this seems like bad user interface design. Devices should to some extent *look* like what they *do*. By disguising a two-button mouse as a one-button mouse, Apple has added functionality that is not *visible* to the user, creating the potential for user confusion. From a confused user's point of view, the same action would produce divergent behavior.
Am I the only person who thinks that Apple is putting aesthetics (the seamless look) ahead of functionality?
michael666 said:
I suspect the Mighty Mouse will ship with the preferences being for a single click so it's only power users who will turn on the 2 button system. I agree that for many people, 2 buttons just confuses them - they end up checking whether you meant left or right every time they click after the first time you tell them to right click.
Very nice but I'd want to try one out at the Apple store first and the cord doesn't bother me at all, just as long as it works how I need it to
weg said:
I know Disney is one of the most evil corporations on Earth, alongside Microsoft, Wal*Mart, and ExxonMobil, but they'd have a hard time suing Apple for using the name of a character they didn't create. Mighty Mouse was a Terrytoons character, and I think Viacom owns the rights now.
