Review of Apple's "Mighty Mouse" 649
hanser writes "Ars Technica is running an in-depth review of the new Apple "Mighty Mouse." From the review: "As it turns out, Apple blew the description of its "aural feedback" and "touch sensitivity" out of proportion and led most of us to believe that 1) there was some sort of speaker built into the mouse with synthetic mouse sounds coming out of it, and 2) the shell might be solid-state touch-sensitive like our beloved iPod wheels.""
Re:Well... (Score:5, Interesting)
Prior to her getting that on the computer, I (windows user) would go crazy with the lack of 'right-click' whenever I used her computer. She had no idea what I was talking about whenever I would start cursing and cussing, complaining, "god-damn stupid one-button mouse! I don't want to hold down the ctrl key!" (She was still using the hockey puck at the time)
Now it is great to hear her do the same thing whenever she gets on someone elses Mac. She starts complaining about how stupid it is, and where the heck is the right-button, who thought of this stupid system, and why don't they add another button...etc. etc..
And all the while, the other person (who owns the computer with a single button mouse) sits there wondering what the heck my wife is talking about.
Long story short...why the hell did it take them so long?
Re:Innovative? (Score:3, Interesting)
Where, aside from Apple, can I buy a multi button mouse that is also a single button mouse that won't confuse my grandmother and will switch modes based upon my user preferences? Where else can I get a mouse with a roller ball built in instead of a scroll wheel? Don't get me wrong... I'm not going to buy one of these, but pretending that it is not innovative is being obtuse.
Apple has, and still does, ship with a single button mouse by default. This particular mouse ships in single button mode by default. The reason for this is to force developers to do the right thing with their UI designs. It has worked pretty well so far and the only people I ever hear complaining about it are people who don't have macs in the first place. Most of them are under the delusion that you can't just plug in a a multi-button mouse and have it work perfectly.
So just as a thank you to Apple for shipping with one button as the default... Ha Ha your second button is useless in 90% of applications because the people who wrote notepad [insert application name here] didn't know what to put there! Mine is useful all the time sucker!
Re:Well... (Score:5, Interesting)
Wost Mouse Ever (Score:2, Interesting)
So this new "mouse" if that's what you people want to call this abomination, has introduced the world's dumbest feature. The two side things that were your only hope of getting to the bottom of that horrid menu are now BUTTONS. WTF^4?????
So now, not only is the whole damn thing a button but you can't ever pick it up off the fucking desk to drag and drop an appropriate distance. USABILITY? What is wrong with you people?
Check out the Logitech MX 500 for a real mouse.
Re:Well... (Score:3, Interesting)
planned? (Score:3, Interesting)
Were those put there as a specific design element that could be used later for this mouse, or was that a total coincidence? I always thought that design was weird.