On 2004-11-23 (16:10) David Leader wrote: >At 10:42 am -0500 23/11/04, timothy driscoll wrote: >>I would be curious to see the stats for users still using >>one-button mice on their Macs. I haven't used one in years, >>especially since the prices on n-button mice have come down so >>much. >> >>last I heard, new iMacs came with that hideously *round* 1-button >>mouse. I hope Apple learned their lesson... :-) > >As with browsers, most users use the mice that come with their >machines. > I would say that is opinion, but then so is my comment about the Mac puck mouse. :-) apparently, both issues are still hotly debated in some blogs and forums. imagine that.
I was more curious about Jmol users, though, and less about users at large. certainly there is some bias toward the technical in this group, and thus to multi-button mice? I would guess so. >Obviously techie users, especially those who do molecular >graphics, are likely to want a high-tech mouse, but the reason Apple >has stuck to a one-button mouse is that they realize that two >buttons mean one extra to confuse the average user with. (And most >PC users have no idea what the right button is for.) The elegant but >awful hockey-puck iMac mouse is long gone, and nobody is going to >fit a general student Mac lab out with two-button mice at extra >cost. > this techie user has an eight-button wireless optical mouse that even works on my head (yes, I've done it ;-). so I suppose I have little basis for commenting. not that it stops me ever. ;-) >My guess at two-button mouse Mac users? 1% > I would guess a lot higher, given the propensity of Mac users who tend towards the graphic arts and design and tech stuff. >(Not something Google would know either :-) ) > I didn't waste time looking. <ahem> well, not much time, anyway. ;-) warm regards, tim "yep, still works even with my haircut." -- Timothy Driscoll molvisions - see, grasp, learn. <http://www.molvisions.com/> usa:north carolina:wake forest ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
