Re: And So The Question Is......

On Thu, 22 May 2008 13:42:41 -0700, Michelle Steiner wrote:

In article <1jz2vqcvjhvaj.sncb8dvim8ix.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>,
salgud <spamboy6547@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Mac OS never had that problem, but System 7 supported multi-button
mice if you felt you really needed one.
Never saw a two button mouse except for Windoze, but I'll take your
word for it. Windoze has always been keystroke poor, one of it's many
shortcomings.

Well, Apple didn't make a two-button mouse until Mighty Mouse, but it
did support them in the OS since, as Bream wrote, System 7. Third-party
companies made two-button mouses for the Mac. And starting with the
original iMac, all USB mouses work with the Mac, even if they are
ostensibly built for Windows.

I'm a believer in form following function, not the other way around.
And I certainly don't believe that Apple couldn't design a nice
looking two button mouse. I mean, it's just another button!

Apple has a nice-looking two-button mouse; it's the Mighty Mouse
(available as USB or Bluetooth). It just looks like a one-button mouse
with a scroll ball. Actually, it's a four-button mouse; the scroll ball
is also a button, and there's a button on the sides of the mouse.

Yes, but unfortunately, one of the worst mice I've ever used. I know that
pointing devices are very personal, one man's ceiling is another man's
floor, but I tried it for a week, and now have scrapped it for my Logitech
Orbital Trackball. Not my favorite pointing device, but way better than an
MM. And I know I'm not the only one who feels that way.
.

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