28 Sep
2010
28 Sep
'10
11:16 a.m.
I'm quite pleased with gestures. Once you get used to them you can really zip
around. Two finger swipe to scroll in any direction. Two finger tap - right
mouse click, three fingers can go back and forward one page in your web browser,
etc. In practice you typically just use the two finger gestures.
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From: Jules Richardson <jules.richardson99 at gmail.com>
To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tue, September 28, 2010 10:59:20 AM
Subject: Re: Evolution of the Apple Mouse
Liam Proven wrote:
On 28 September 2010 08:18, Joost van de Griek
<gyorpb at gmail.com> wrote:
Art over functionality, by the sounds of it. I'm surprised they can make it work
in all weather conditions and for all skin types (or in any kind of trade
business, where it's not unknown for employees to quickly pull up stuff while
still wearing gloves)
(I'm not sure I like the whole 'gesture' concept either - if you're
starting to
introduce that level of complexity, maybe it's simply the wrong tool for the
job, and some other - possibly as-yet-undeveloped - input device would be
better)
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.
Weird. I've Googled this and in essence, you're right.
I'm not saying it's weird you're right! I'm saying it seems a weird
way to do it, to me. 2 microswitches would have been easier than a
single one and a sensor to tell where your finger is.