Prom1 said:
@Thumper, although I do agree a redesign of their mouse would be great, I still like the 1 button mouse ideal. Why, you ask? Well too many people in the PC world rely on the mouse too extensively. keyboard commands are so much more efficient and much faster in most uses, once you know them. For contextual menu's it isnt difficult to press one key along with the mouse is it? It was awkward to use the middle finger for a second mouse button when they debuted. multiple buttons to be programmable is great but mostly used with gaming, unless you have an artists or video pro's mouse hardware specific for those purposes.
yes key commands are faster, as all mac users know.
but why not have the option? if Apple made a 5 button mouse no one
is telling you to use them all. Go ahead and use only one button.
I have a BlueTooth Microsoft mouse and i cannt live without it now. reasons?
- scroll wheel, makes life so much easier on the net.
-2 buttons on the side which i maped to Expose!! one button to
show all windows, the other to show my desktop.. TALK about SLICK!!!
-the right click is a must for games, but its also nice for some apps.
it seems so wastful of apple to make a mouse and only give it one little button. the apple Optical bluetooth mouse at my Mac store in canada sells
for $99.99 My Mirco BT optical mouse with 5 buttons+scroll was $69.99 and
fits nicely in my hand. this is one of the only things Microsoft makes that i love.
also, i was in a computer store which soled Macs & PC's, i watch some pc users walk up to the mac and say, "woah this is really cool, look at this dock! and how the window srinks down into it!!! wait! how do you right click!?!?!? awww this is stupid!" ***then walk away.
having more buttons is great for the common folk and for PC switchers.
and for the Mac experts.. no one its telling you to use the buttons, although im sure youll find something to map to them
*how about mapping DashBoard to the right click ?
