Evolution of the Apple Mouse

I actually like the gestures of the new Magic Mouse. Haven't bought one (yet), but I've been contemplating it. I'm used to using the multi-fingered gestures on my MacBook though. Sadly, the gestures only work with the OS X driver. ________________________________ From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Mon, September 27, 2010 2:20:07 PM Subject: Re: Evolution of the Apple Mouse On 27 September 2010 16:09, Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> wrote: The preceding model, the Mighty Mouse, actually has 2 microswitches beneath the shell. Although there is no visible division on the surface of the mouse, as well as scrolling both vertically and horizontally with the tiny trackball, you can also left-click, right-click and squeeze it & it detects all separately. I don't like it - I prefer more obvious, tactile buttons; it used to amuse me to use a MICROS~1 mouse on my Mac - but the Mighty Mouse /did/ support 3 or 4 button actions. The Magic Mouse, while much simpler, doesn't - but its multitouch surface does allow gestures to perform most of these actions. But I don't really need gestures. It's clever but I'd rather some clear physical buttons I can feel with my fingertips, myself. (I imagine, come to that, that the multitouch version is harder and less accessible for people with physical disabilities.) Anyway. To be fair, the model before /did/ allow right-clicking. All the ones before that, no - you had to hold down Ctrl while left-clicking. Easy enough, but a 2-handed operation. -- Liam Proven ? Info & profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lproven at gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884 ? Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven ? MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? ICQ: 73187508