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Two-Buttoned Mice: "Maybe They'd Sell More Macs"
By Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac
October 31st 2002
Second button or Control-Click? You decide.
Sunspot.net have come up with an Of One-Buttoned Mice & Macs story.
"Put a decent mouse on it with a scroll wheel, and maybe they�ll sell more Macs," says
one of their readers.
We're not so sure that people buy Macs for its infrared rodent. After all, they could
buy one on its own for a lot less. IGM are fairly certain we buy Macs because they're
available in five fruity colors, make a fashion statement, and as for the power of
those LCIIs - whoa.
More seriously, Apple has always advocated the one-button mouse for the novice user:
it's hard to hit the wrong button. As a PowerBook users (and not a novice - I hope), I
agree. Just whack that clicker. Anywhere. Boom. The thought of the multiple clickers
we see on most Wintel notebooks drives me crazy.
"And don�t forget, many of the Mac�s users are children."
Well, uh, yeah. Okay, I am.
My left pinkie is so atuned (or is that ituned?) to reaching for the Control key when
I go for a contextual menu, it's now stuck at a 35-degree angle.
Another issue: drivers.
I've always respected the plug-and-play architecture of the Mac. From day one, I knew
that I could plug in my trusty Extended Keyboard II and mouse and it would just work.
No question. There was no guarantee this would work in Windows. Even USB is still more
hit-and-miss than ADB.
Even on a Mac, this was brought home to me by a Kensington mouse. Now Kensington are
head-and-shoulders above the rest in providing Mac drivers and Mac-compatible mice.
But when I was swapping over stuff to a new hard drive over for a friend's PB, it
still irritated me I had to throw in the mouse extension and control panel and reboot
before they'd work.
For those of us who're southpaws (like myself), the lack of right-hand bias is also a
big plus. Try working them crazy buttons with your other hand.
I've tried scroll (demoed by a Windows acquaintance), but seems to me that it's mostly
used by people who aren't actually reading - more like scrolling though the document
at a pace likely to test even JFK's speed-reading. The Windows acquaintance in
question doesn't actually get much work done, which is why he's found it tough to get
work for the past, oh, 20 years.
It's all pretty subjective though. Some people hate trackpads. Or IBM's stick thing.
Bottom line: vote with your feet - get yourself a different mouse, or stick with the
foolproof one-button rodent.
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