on 19/7/00 10:06 PM, Joshua Bell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: <snip> > Apple has just announced their new mouse. Apparently, they think they've > fixed the problem - it's now an oblong shape. They've also followed > Microsoft's lead in ditching the ball and going with an optical mechanism. > Unfortunately, they may have gone too far: > >> From the web site: http://www.apple.com/mouse/ >>>> > The Apple Pro Mouse has no rollers or tracking mechanisms to wear out or > clog, and no mouse balls to fish out and clean. Besides all that, there's no > distinguishable mouse button. Instead, the entire Apple Pro Mouse is in > effect a super-sensitive button - the body pivots up and down to actuate the > click mechanism. > <<< > > I'm not kidding. The mouse has no buttons. None. Less than one. Zero. > > <snide> > Apparently, even one button was too complicated for Mac users. :) > </snide> And the Apple Pro Mouse has now won a Gold Award at the British Design and Art Direction Awards for 2001, announced 30th May. See http://www.dandad.org/awards_frame.html -- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk
