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What to Expect From the Magic Mouse 3
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"perhaps Apple will take some inspiration from popular alternatives for the Mac, like Logitech's excellent MX Master 3S"
Just looked it up. I hope not. It has the same problems that most ergonomic mice have, for me. For anyone left handed they're terrible. You either manufacture a left handed ergonmic mouse version (and those laughing at this, bear in mind all the right handed mice you see) or we stick with the usual Apple method of making mice that can be used equally by obth hands.
Just looked it up. I hope not. It has the same problems that most ergonomic mice have, for me. For anyone left handed they're terrible. You either manufacture a left handed ergonmic mouse version (and those laughing at this, bear in mind all the right handed mice you see) or we stick with the usual Apple method of making mice that can be used equally by obth hands.
I honestly don't have these issues with my Magic Mouse but the beauty is, that there mechanical scroll wheel / button mouses available, so we all can get and use the tools we prefer.
While I'm not sure Apple will go all the way towards making a big, button-bristling, scrollwheel-toting, hand-specific apparatus like the MX Master 3S, the departure of the touchbar together with many of the disparaging comments here make me fearful for the future of the touch-sensitive mouse as a whole. I've never been able to look back after first experiencing sensitive vertical and horizontal touch-based scrolling and tap-gesture recognition together with a more pleasant movement and dragging experience than I get from trackpads, so it looks like I'll be searching for old stock MM 2's when my current one finally dies.
With the launch of the magic mouse, we can expect touch controls, voice commands, and an ergonomic design.
Same here. The Magic Mouse introduced me to high quality rechargeable batteries. My house is full of Eneloops and even the first I ever bought that are now 15 years old are still in frequent use. They must have saved me hundreds of Euros and half a ton of metal in the last 15 years.
Put a reminder in your calendar to plug it in before you leave for the day once a week.
Exactly. We pick tools based on what works best for us, and the more options the better. Part of “best” may simply be “we are used to…”; which is fine as well. In my case, my muscle memory is built around how I have programmed my M720; so when I try to use a Magic Mouse I find it foreign; that doesn’t make it bad, just different.
To each their own.
That’s always a challenge - finding tools designed for teh left hand. In my case, I am right handed but shoot with my left, so many weapons annoyingly eject cartridges across my face.
We need a third middle button!
Many VFX and CAD programs used the traditional 'PC' scroll wheel 3rd button. I've had to replace classrooms worth of magic mice with $10 Dell basic mouse because the 3rd button is needed, and the Magic Mouse doesn't have this.
Many VFX and CAD programs used the traditional 'PC' scroll wheel 3rd button. I've had to replace classrooms worth of magic mice with $10 Dell basic mouse because the 3rd button is needed, and the Magic Mouse doesn't have this.
People who do precision, artistic work will always use secondary devices. Excel jockeys are welcome to use the trackpad.
My whole company does. I imagine most corporate companies have the majority of their employees on laptops at this point.
"Go for coffee"
"Set a reminder"
"Hold it a different way"
"Wear a wrist brace"
Yes, there are a lot of ways you could adapt your workflow to make up for the technical shortcomings of your toolset.
Or you could choose a better toolset. Really your call.
Lots of people use mice. I use a Magic Trackpad for a Mac Studio at home. However, there are software applications that work substantially better with a mouse and that with a trackpad are almost unusable so much they they hinder efficiency. It's about what you are doing on your computer, not how old you are.
What people seem to miss is that it is an explicit design decision. They did not want people to use the mouse while plugged.
Mice that are "wireless optional" nearly always ship with their own specialty charging cables to meet stiffness requirements as well as proper bend/flex ratings to prevent failure - and specialty cables are something which the EU now makes "challenging".
IMHO, there's zero chance the next mouse will be designed for extended use while plugged in via arbitrary USB-C cable. Far more likely it will use Qi2 charging e.g. MagSafe.
No, it doesn’t. The iPhone can’t see the Magic Mouse, let alone connect to it.
In other words, it's not just a stupid design decision, it is a lazy, intentionally stupid design decision.
Absolutely nothing you've said in this sentence is true. Most modern rechargeable mice (with the odd exception of those that recharge on a dock - insofar as those are even still a thing) use a bog-standard MicroUSB or USB-C connector and ship with about as generic a USB cable as you would find anywhere. An increasing number of them ship without a cable at all. There is absolutely nothing special about the USB cable shipping with so-called "wireless optional" mice and there is nothing at all that the EU has done to make it "challenging" for anyone to make a proper USB cable.
Man, it would be sad, hilarious, and absolutley on-brand if Apple were to make the next mouse charge exclusively wirelessly. Just thinking about all of the Apple road warriors having to carry around an entire Qi2 charging pad instead of just a cable and then having to set it up if their mouse happens to go low. And all the while the faithful will still be on here telling us how that is the absolute best design imaginable. And those of us not stuck in Apple's marketing bubble will just continue to nod and kind of snicker while incredulously wondering why every other manufacturer in the world was able to figure it out over a decade ago and Apple still can't.
I’m under 50 and I use a mouse with a desktop computer. Trackpads have some advantages but they are an ergonomic disaster.
The touch scrolling and gestures on the Magic Mouse are unmatched in any other mouse I know. If Apple combines that with the ergonomics of a mouse like the Logitech MX Vertical, they will have produced the ideal mouse. The MX Vertical is the most comfortable pointing device I have ever encountered.
