28 Sep
2010
28 Sep
'10
12:18 a.m.
On Sep 27, 2010, at 21:20, Liam Proven 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.
The Magic Mouse works exactly the same as the Mighty Mouse when it
comes to clicking: there's a single switch for detecting the clicking
motion, then there's a capacitive surface that detects where your
fingers are on the mouse surface and interprets the click as a left or
right click, accordingly.
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