Looks elegant. Very minimalist. Bound to win a design prize or two. But practical? To do anything other than click you pretty much have to take your hand off it completely and use the top like a trackpad, and the surface area you have to work with is very small, and of course it's curved.
I dare say you could get used to anything, but I can't see switching from my Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer would be a step up in productivity.
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In article <copespaz-FC170B.14493228102...@news.eternal-september.org>,
MC <copes...@mapca.inter.net> wrote: > Looks elegant. Very minimalist. Bound to win a design prize or two. But > practical? To do anything other than click you pretty much have to take > your hand off it completely and use the top like a trackpad, and the > surface area you have to work with is very small, and of course it's > curved.
> I dare say you could get used to anything, but I can't see switching > from my Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer would be a step up in > productivity.
You presumably mean Magic Mouse. Mighty Mouse is the old mouse that it's replacing.
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In article <copespaz-FC170B.14493228102...@news.eternal-september.org>,
MC <copes...@mapca.inter.net> wrote: > Looks elegant. Very minimalist. Bound to win a design prize or two. But > practical? To do anything other than click you pretty much have to take > your hand off it completely and use the top like a trackpad, and the > surface area you have to work with is very small, and of course it's > curved.
> I dare say you could get used to anything, but I can't see switching > from my Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer would be a step up in > productivity.
I think you mean the Magic Mouse, right?
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Jolly Roger <jollyro...@pobox.com> wrote: > In article <copespaz-FC170B.14493228102...@news.eternal-september.org>, > MC <copes...@mapca.inter.net> wrote:
> > To do anything other than click you pretty much have to take > > your hand off it completely
> I think you mean the Magic Mouse, right?
I get those name confused as well. I had to check or I might have written it incorrectly in the comments I just posted (see my posting about impressions of my new 27" iMac).
Let me just say here that I did not find the above comment to be true at least for me. I can scroll quite fine without taking my hand off the Magic Mouse; in fact I found the vertical scrolling to be probably its best feature. Very natural for me and no, I didn't have to take my hand off or otherwise contort for it. The "momentum" thing in the scrolling is nice also.
I'm using one right now as I'm posting this.
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MC wrote: > Looks elegant. Very minimalist. Bound to win a design prize or two. But > practical? To do anything other than click you pretty much have to take > your hand off it completely and use the top like a trackpad, and the > surface area you have to work with is very small, and of course it's > curved.
> I dare say you could get used to anything, but I can't see switching > from my Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer would be a step up in > productivity.
I will not judge the mouse until I have tried it. But the MS Intellimouse sets a very high standard in pointing devices in both ergonomics and versatility.
Can one double-click with the Magic Mouse?
Davoud
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In article <jollyroger-56DFEA.16063928102...@news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyro...@pobox.com> wrote:
> In article <copespaz-FC170B.14493228102...@news.eternal-september.org>, > MC <copes...@mapca.inter.net> wrote:
> > Looks elegant. Very minimalist. Bound to win a design prize or two. But > > practical? To do anything other than click you pretty much have to take > > your hand off it completely and use the top like a trackpad, and the > > surface area you have to work with is very small, and of course it's > > curved.
> > I dare say you could get used to anything, but I can't see switching > > from my Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer would be a step up in > > productivity.
> I think you mean the Magic Mouse, right?
Yes. Brainfart. Sorry.
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In article <michelle-38262A.16162628102...@news.eternal-september.org>, Michelle Steiner <miche...@michelle.org> wrote:
> In article <281020091820389346%s...@sky.net>, Davoud <s...@sky.net> wrote:
> > Can one double-click with the Magic Mouse?
> Yup; just press the button twice, just as with any other mouse.
When I still used Windows I always defined the middle button (of a 3 button mouse - I'd buy one if necessary) as double click.
It made playing Solitaire and Freecell much easier ;-)
On a serious note, I feared I wasn't doing my hand much good with all the double clicking Windows required. Having read about RSI etc, it was a sensible move.
> > Yup; just press the button twice, just as with any other mouse.
Sheesh! Ya gotta spell everything out letter by letter. C-a-n o-n-e i-s-s-u-e a d-o-u-b-l-e-c-l-i-c-k w-i-t-h t-h-e M-a-g-i-c M-o-u-s-e b-y p-r-e-s-s-i-n-g a b-u-t-t-o-n o-n-c-e?
And that's not the way just "any other mouse" works. They have buttons that can be programmed to do a double-click. Have you perhaps found a way to use your Mac Plus mouse with your current Mac?
P. Sture
> When I still used Windows I always defined the middle button (of a 3 > button mouse - I'd buy one if necessary) as double click.
Exactly what I do with my Microsoft mice on the Macs; I define the scroll button as the double-click button.
In any case, I'm just back from trying the "Magic" Mouse for about a half hour at the Annapolis Apple Store. "Tragic" Mouse would better describe it from my POV--another piece of worthless junk from the Apple Mouseketeers. For my money Apple should leave the business of mouse designing to MS and others. Anyone need a "Mighty Mouse?" I've got a drawer full of 'em, still in the factory wrappers except for the one that I tried for an hour or two.
> It made playing Solitaire and Freecell much easier ;-)
> On a serious note, I feared I wasn't doing my hand much good with all > the double clicking Windows required. Having read about RSI etc, it was > a sensible move.
Windows offers the option of opening documents and apps with a single click. I wonder if there a Mac utility that will enable that?
Davoud
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> Davoud: > > > > Can one double-click with the Magic Mouse?
> Michelle Steiner: > > > Yup; just press the button twice, just as with any other mouse.
> Sheesh! Ya gotta spell everything out letter by letter. C-a-n o-n-e > i-s-s-u-e a d-o-u-b-l-e-c-l-i-c-k w-i-t-h t-h-e M-a-g-i-c M-o-u-s-e b-y > p-r-e-s-s-i-n-g a b-u-t-t-o-n o-n-c-e?
> And that's not the way just "any other mouse" works. They have buttons > that can be programmed to do a double-click. Have you perhaps found a > way to use your Mac Plus mouse with your current Mac?
> P. Sture > > When I still used Windows I always defined the middle button (of a 3 > > button mouse - I'd buy one if necessary) as double click.
> Exactly what I do with my Microsoft mice on the Macs; I define the > scroll button as the double-click button.
> In any case, I'm just back from trying the "Magic" Mouse for about a > half hour at the Annapolis Apple Store. "Tragic" Mouse would better > describe it from my POV--another piece of worthless junk from the Apple > Mouseketeers. For my money Apple should leave the business of mouse > designing to MS and others. Anyone need a "Mighty Mouse?" I've got a > drawer full of 'em, still in the factory wrappers except for the one > that I tried for an hour or two.
> > It made playing Solitaire and Freecell much easier ;-)
> > On a serious note, I feared I wasn't doing my hand much good with all > > the double clicking Windows required. Having read about RSI etc, it was > > a sensible move.
> Windows offers the option of opening documents and apps with a single > click. I wonder if there a Mac utility that will enable that?
I don't recall Windows offering that option that back in NT 4 days (which I was still using at work until the end of 2003).
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