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MagicPrefs Adds Functionality to Magic Mouse
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Lol? The problem isn't the Magic Mouse, it's the program. Try out BetterTouchTool, it actually recognizes your gestures.
Personally (& I know I'll get flamed for this), I would like a trackpad on the top of the mouse, like the one they have on the MacBook pro. You can control it as a either a trackpad or a mouse, plus you get all the multitouch goodness, too. Just my 2¢
I prefer MouseWizard. It seems to have the greatest overall refinement. This is important to me; it always hurts a bit to bolt things on to OS X that integrate this tightly with the experience.... so you definitely don't want to choose wisely.
It costs $2.50, less than the price of that latte your drinking
I really only want one or two of the additional gestures, just the most common stuff. It is hard to fathom why Apple didn't at least include a couple of them, so we'd have some way, out of the box, to trigger expose, spaces, or dashboard.
It costs $2.50, less than the price of that latte your drinking
I really only want one or two of the additional gestures, just the most common stuff. It is hard to fathom why Apple didn't at least include a couple of them, so we'd have some way, out of the box, to trigger expose, spaces, or dashboard.
Ill second the vote for BTT. Best utility Ive downloaded for my new iMac and the Magic Mouse.
BTT is an amazing application, and I'm definitely more productive now using my MagicMouse and MBP trackpad.
Also, MagicPrefs lacks much of the functionality that BTT offers. Even things like using a 2 finger tap for Middle Click isn't supported by MagicPrefs.
However, that being said, I'd say it could use a more refined and polished UI like MagicPrefs.
Also, MagicPrefs lacks much of the functionality that BTT offers. Even things like using a 2 finger tap for Middle Click isn't supported by MagicPrefs.
However, that being said, I'd say it could use a more refined and polished UI like MagicPrefs.
I definitely agree with you.BTT is an amazing application, and I'm definitely more productive now using my MagicMouse and MBP trackpad.
Also, MagicPrefs lacks much of the functionality that BTT offers. Even things like using a 2 finger tap for Middle Click isn't supported by MagicPrefs.
However, that being said, I'd say it could use a more refined and polished UI like MagicPrefs.
I just tried both the MagicPrefs and BetterTouchTool (BTT).
The MagicPrefs didn't seem to work at all, if not as well, as the BTT though its preference pane is very simple and similar to the Magic Mouse preference pane.
The BTT is way better in terms of functionality and customizable gestures. I finally can switch tabs by making swipes! However, it doesn't have the "feel and looks" of a Mac preference pane though I can't blame them due to the amount of options that could be adjusted to fit a users' web browsing style.
Two-finger up/down swipes should be avoided as they are somewhat annoying to use. It requires fingertips be at the same y-axis position to register a swipe, whereas the 3/4-finger swipes has no such requirement. Last time I checked, my index and middle finger are not the same length...
Yes!
Well, it looks like BTT is the way to go by reading the posts, but this is what has had me waiting to buy one.
Well, it looks like BTT is the way to go by reading the posts, but this is what has had me waiting to buy one.
If BetterTouchTool was out a month ago, why didn't anyone who is complaining today take the time to email the TUAW braintrust to request a Page 2 article for that utility?
My guess is that the MagicPrefs developers are better at marshaling resources to get the word out about their product (to Giz and TUAW) vs the BetterTouchTool developer.
At the end of the day, I'm just looking for something to enable (re-enable?) Expose with the new Magic Mouse. Unfortunately, until some of the music and photography applications I'm running are updated for Snow Leopard I can't use BetterTouchTool because it's SL-only.
The developer of BTT is a student who is not looking for money, just to write a good program. He probably has a million other things to do than build PR for his hobby project that he so generously updates for the community and is now the defacto standard magic mouse software. Kudos to him!
I agree 100%.
My comment was more for the crowd who were ripping on MR for not promoting BTT. If there is a great product or utility, they could email MR, TUAW, etc. the same as anyone else could.
MagicPrefs rules, just downloaded to my girlfriend's macmini, just getting to know the magic mouse and it works really fine =)
Easy and simple to use =)
Easy and simple to use =)
Went back to Apple´s Style
I agree. After installing MagicPref as well as MouseWizard, I went back to Apples Mouse functionality.
I agree. After installing MagicPref as well as MouseWizard, I went back to Apples Mouse functionality.
No Expose on the Magic Mouse kills it for me. Honestly I hate relying on third party software to add functionality to hardware because a lot of the time it's not reliable.
Has anyone tried the Wacom Bamboo Touch?
It's supposed to be a touch trackpad that can be used in place of a mouse.
It's supposed to be a touch trackpad that can be used in place of a mouse.
I received a Magic Mouse for Christmas and was also initially disappointed with what Apple offers in the way of gestures out of the box.
I haven't tried this new tool but BetterTouchTool is quite good. I have had to restart it occasionally, and you need to be able to commit to spending some time setting things up, trying out the commands and then adjusting them.
Here's a screencap of my current setup of Better Touch Tool:
I'd also like to give a shout out to Zooom2, which offers proper window resizing and movement to OS X
On a side note, I feel like OS X's basic arc of acceleration is funky too.
I haven't tried this new tool but BetterTouchTool is quite good. I have had to restart it occasionally, and you need to be able to commit to spending some time setting things up, trying out the commands and then adjusting them.
Here's a screencap of my current setup of Better Touch Tool:
I'd also like to give a shout out to Zooom2, which offers proper window resizing and movement to OS X
On a side note, I feel like OS X's basic arc of acceleration is funky too.
The most important thing is to be able to resize a window that is too large for the display (because it was last opened using a larger monitor or at a higher resolution).
If you hold the option button and click on the green zoom button at the top left of the window, it will resize the application's window to something usable at the current resolution. Then you can resize to your hearts content via the bottom right corner, while saving $15.
The most important thing is to be able to resize a window that is too large for the display (because it was last opened using a larger monitor or at a higher resolution).
If you hold the option button and click on the green zoom button at the top left of the window, it will resize the application's window to something usable at the current resolution. Then you can resize to your hearts content via the bottom right corner, while saving $15.
Thanks for the tip on window resizing. I'm a longtime windows user and still trying to find how to be as fast as I am in XP. The problem I have with the bottom window resizer is that the hit zone is too small.
Interestingly, I feel the same way about grabbing hold of the windows by the title bar. I run dual 1600x1200 20" displays off a Mac Mini and trying to get the mouse over just these hitzones is too much frequent superfine motor control for me over the course of a day.
Zooom2 also has this cool transparent grid snapping feature that helps you arrange your workspace.
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I too received the magic mouse for Christmas. Much better experience with scrolling through web pages, going and back forth through the history of the web browser. Sure it doesn't have a button expose, but I have short cut set on my key board and all is good. Not perfect but definitely better than the older bluetooth mighty mouse I had.