Is the Magic Mouse an Ergonomic Mouse?

[Storm9]

Unergonomic, limited movement space and lack of precision. If the trackpad didn't have downfalls, we wouldn't have mouses. Apple didn't take the best parts of the trackpad, though; half the gestures are missing.

And also, I won't boycott other mouses that use touch; I'll get the one that uses it better than Apple.

also, lol at "ignorant pc user"

sorry for double post

I agree apple does have the best trackpad, and makes it so you dont need a mouse in most situations. The one thing it doesnt work at all for is gaming. And for things like photo editing/video editing, a mouse just makes it easier.

 

[*LTD*]

heard from a few friends that they love the feel of it

I reviewed the Magic Mouse yesterday, and since that time I feel like bumping up the score even more. It's replaced my wireless Mighty Mouse, believe it or not. And yes, even with the lack of a middle-click option. That's how good this thing is. It really grew on me after a while.

Now if only it had a middle-click option (to open a new Finder window), it would be perfection. I don't even really mind the click pressure anymore, or the lack of right/left taps.

 

[Dybbuk]

lack of expose gesture is absurd for an apple mouse

 

[*LTD*]

lack of expose gesture is absurd for an apple mouse

Personally, I use hot corners for Exposé, Spaces, and Show Desktop. I also have the mouse tracking set nice and high via a Terminal tweak and I also killed the mouse acceleration. But if you prefer to assign it to the mouse, then yes, you'll feel the loss. I now have to open a new Finder window via a keyboard shortcut instead of middle-click.

I might give USB Overdrive a try again, but I don't think I'll need to unless there' some Magic Mouse gesture customization involved, which I doubt, although the next release (in development right now) will support the Magic Mouse.

 

[steffi]

Thing is they shouldn't have to do that. If it's a true trackpad let the user define their own gestures and map them to what they want. ie. expose, switch applications etc etc

One thing that's great about this mouse is that more gestures can be programmed into it via software updates which I'm pretty sure Apple is going to start doing soon.

 

[topmounter]

Thing is they shouldn't have to do that. If it's a true trackpad let the user define their own gestures and map them to what they want. ie. expose, switch applications etc etc

Thank goodness for the guys creating apps like BetterTouchTool, but you think Apple would have put in at least a little bit of effort to include some fancy functionality (you know, like a middle mouse button?) that really showed off the Magic Mouse's potential.

 

[steve knight]

I like it but it can really suck too.
for general use it is fine. but I open up my CAD program and draw for a few minutes and hand cramps. I had to go through directories on a webpage over and over to delete them and hand cramps. for daily use is fine. but I would hate it at work as I really use a mouse a lot for drawing and such.

 

[mfubib]

You can add an expose gesture (along with many other gestures, all customizable) by using jitouch 2:

http://www.jitouch.com/index.php?page=magicmouse

 

[AV8TOR]

It is not very ergonomic for me. It is too low and has sharper edges than most. The angle you need to press requires more finger pressure at a bad angle.

 

[kasakka]

I can't help feeling that the mouse should be just a little bit taller. The edges could also be rounder.

 

[dakotagts]

Being a New Macbook owner after many years of PC based notebooks I am just getting used to the new "technology" of apple.

For the longest time I used a Logitech Revolution notebook mouse. This mouse was perfect and offered many great features including the comfort of use anywhere like on my micro-suede couch fabric. IMHO, if they combined the gestures ability to the Logitech style of mouse they would have a winner for me.