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Finally, an apple mouse worth using!

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Apple has finally started selling a 2 button mouse, with a scroll pad and forward-back buttons.

I guess this is a good step forward, but it comes with a price, $49, and it only fully works with tiger.

I think I will stick with my trackball
 
Wudang said:
Wake me up when they sell a 3-button mouse.
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This one is a three-button mouse.

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Ian Osborne said:
This one is a three-button mouse.
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Well, it actually has four physical buttons:
  • the top shell
  • the scroll ball
  • the two side buttons
It also has up to four programmable click functions, but they don't map one-to-one to the physical buttons:
  • There is no difference between clicking either or both side buttons.
  • The top shell can do left- and right-clicks, depending where your fingers are placed.
See the review at Ars Technica for more info: http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/mightymouse.ars
 
Wudang said:
Wake me up when they sell a 3-button mouse.
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IMO, there is no 3-button mouse. I hate that damn scroll wheel. I long for the days of the REAL 3-button mouse with the middle button being programable.
 
SezMe said:
IMO, there is no 3-button mouse. I hate that damn scroll wheel. I long for the days of the REAL 3-button mouse with the middle button being programable.
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My current Microsoft Mouse can have all three buttons (the scroll wheel is clickable) remapped to anything, including batch files and other programs. It's quite nifty.

Even if it wasn't, I quite like scroll wheels generally.
 
I haven't used a mouse since 1993. Once I used the Kensington Turbo Mouse, I've haven't used anything else since.

Michael
 
I don't know about you guys, but I use my mouse with my fingers on the buttons and press down to click. With this mouse I would have to raise and lower my finger to click, as the main buttons are touch sensitive rather than actual switches.

Would this be likely to put more strain on the tendons in my hand/wrist than a standard mouse?

Also, why do you have to activate the side buttons by pressing the trackball?
 
SezMe said:
IMO, there is no 3-button mouse. I hate that damn scroll wheel. I long for the days of the REAL 3-button mouse with the middle button being programable.
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If you're genuinely interested, my current job is replacing 300 old PC's with new ones. I think there may be some 3-button mice at the bottom of the heap. I could probably send you one, if you pay postage.
 
Doc Dish said:
With this mouse I would have to raise and lower my finger to click, as the main buttons are touch sensitive rather than actual switches.
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The "click" doesn't happen until you press down on the top shell, which is the same way the one-button Apple Pro Mouse works. The touch sensitive areas merely detect where your finger(s) are when you push; that's how it distinguishes a right-click from a left-click. If you rest your fingers there without pressing on the top shell, there is no "click."

Doc Dish said:
Also, why do you have to activate the side buttons by pressing the trackball?
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I don't understand what you mean here. The Ars Technica review didn't mention anything like it.
 
wdsmith said:
The "click" doesn't happen until you press down on the top shell, which is the same way the one-button Apple Pro Mouse works. The touch sensitive areas merely detect where your finger(s) are when you push; that's how it distinguishes a right-click from a left-click. If you rest your fingers there without pressing on the top shell, there is no "click."

I don't understand what you mean here. The Ars Technica review didn't mention anything like it.
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The mouse has one physical switch and then uses touch sensors to measure finger position. It doesn't matter which finger physically clicked the mouse, what matters is where your fingers are when the mouse is phsyically clicked.

If the mouse is physically clicked and there's a finger touching only the left side, you get a logical left click. If a finger is on only the right side of the mouse, you get a logical right click. However, if a finger is on both sides, the mouse registers a logical left click. So for people who rest one finger on each side of the mouse, they must pick up their index finger in order to right click.
 
Originally posted by wdsmith
I don't understand what you mean here. The Ars Technica review didn't mention anything like it.
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From The Register review (link above):
Press the ball and squeeze either side of the mouse and you activate buttons three and four.
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Doc Dish said:
From The Register review (link above):

Press the ball and squeeze either side of the mouse and you activate buttons three and four.
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I understand the source of confusion now. The parallel construction of this sentence is a tad ambiguous. What the Reg writer meant was:
  • Press the ball and you activate button three.
  • Squeeze either side of the mouse and you activate button four.
 
chulbert said:
The mouse has one physical switch and then uses touch sensors to measure finger position. It doesn't matter which finger physically clicked the mouse, what matters is where your fingers are when the mouse is phsyically clicked.

If the mouse is physically clicked and there's a finger touching only the left side, you get a logical left click. If a finger is on only the right side of the mouse, you get a logical right click. However, if a finger is on both sides, the mouse registers a logical left click. So for people who rest one finger on each side of the mouse, they must pick up their index finger in order to right click.
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Got it. Thanks for the clarification.
 
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