Comments on: Apple’s Mighty Mouse http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:34:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-11184 Michael Thu, 01 Dec 2005 14:38:02 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-11184 Daniel Jalkut's <a href="http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=61" rel="nofollow">thoughts</a>. Daniel Jalkut's thoughts.

]]> By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8308 Michael Thu, 04 Aug 2005 14:18:09 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8308 Rory Prior's Mighty Mouse arrived, and he says it's <a href="http://www.thinkmac.co.uk/blog/2005/08/mighty-mouse-not-so-mighty.html" rel="nofollow">poorly designed</a>. Russell Beattie <a href="http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008561.html">likes his</a>. Rory Prior's Mighty Mouse arrived, and he says it's poorly designed. Russell Beattie likes his.

]]> By: Rob http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8300 Rob Wed, 03 Aug 2005 00:46:57 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8300 I was expecting them to put the iPod click wheel on the top front of a mouse. At least they are moving on from the single button mouse (is it true that Apple holds the patent on the single button mouse). A roller ball on the top? How does one clean that? If the mouse cable is looped on the desk, can the cable stop clicking like it does in all of the other oval mice? I was expecting them to put the iPod click wheel on the top front of a mouse. At least they are moving on from the single button mouse (is it true that Apple holds the patent on the single button mouse).

A roller ball on the top? How does one clean that?

If the mouse cable is looped on the desk, can the cable stop clicking like it does in all of the other oval mice?

]]> By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8298 Michael Tue, 02 Aug 2005 22:07:11 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8298 Nat: I don't have an OS 9 machine handy at the moment, but as I recall you could hold down Command and click/drag on the window background (not on an icon). I don't understand it, either. Nat: I don't have an OS 9 machine handy at the moment, but as I recall you could hold down Command and click/drag on the window background (not on an icon).

I don't understand it, either.

]]> By: Nat Irons http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8297 Nat Irons Tue, 02 Aug 2005 21:26:27 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8297 How did the OS 9 Finder support MaxiMice-like functionality? I'm surprised at the apparent uptake, at least among geeks, for the current generation of wireless peripherals. I can't stand replacing batteries in something I use so often, and I've been anticipating for a long time that Apple will produce a wireless model that can charge its batteries with USB (as the FrogPad already does). That, I'd buy. How did the OS 9 Finder support MaxiMice-like functionality?

I'm surprised at the apparent uptake, at least among geeks, for the current generation of wireless peripherals. I can't stand replacing batteries in something I use so often, and I've been anticipating for a long time that Apple will produce a wireless model that can charge its batteries with USB (as the FrogPad already does). That, I'd buy.

]]> By: brad http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8296 brad Tue, 02 Aug 2005 20:22:16 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8296 I just got back from playing with it at the Bellevue Apple store. The top surface is flat so you don't feel any buttons. If you keep two fingers on it, it acts like a regular mouse. Take one finger off and click with your middle finger to get a right click. The 360 scroll is cool. It felt weird to use it while standing up though. It comes with software to program it although the store didn't have it installed. It might be possible to program the squeeze to act like a scroll I imagine. I just got back from playing with it at the Bellevue Apple store.

The top surface is flat so you don't feel any buttons. If you keep two fingers on it, it acts like a regular mouse. Take one finger off and click with your middle finger to get a right click.

The 360 scroll is cool. It felt weird to use it while standing up though. It comes with software to program it although the store didn't have it installed. It might be possible to program the squeeze to act like a scroll I imagine.

]]> By: Chris http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8295 Chris Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:56:11 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8295 BTW, scroll wheels can actually benefit RSI sufferers, especially if the scroll-pixels-per-wheel-increment setting is set to high. For example, I can scroll through this page at about sixty pixels per scroll wheel increment. This may depend on the type and severity of RSI, but the key thing I've found is that the less motion, the better, and it takes me less motion to use the (MX700) scroll wheel (set to a high setting) than it does to scroll in any other way I've found. Does that mean there aren't better ways to scroll? No. But it helps, and it doesn't require the extra mode that the OS 9 Finder's hand-scroll uses. BTW, scroll wheels can actually benefit RSI sufferers, especially if the scroll-pixels-per-wheel-increment setting is set to high. For example, I can scroll through this page at about sixty pixels per scroll wheel increment.

This may depend on the type and severity of RSI, but the key thing I've found is that the less motion, the better, and it takes me less motion to use the (MX700) scroll wheel (set to a high setting) than it does to scroll in any other way I've found.

Does that mean there aren't better ways to scroll? No. But it helps, and it doesn't require the extra mode that the OS 9 Finder's hand-scroll uses.

]]> By: Chris http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8294 Chris Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:47:18 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8294 I use a Logitech MX700 and love it. The best features are the dedicated page up/page down buttons (at least, that's what I have them assigned to) and the browse forward/back buttons. And the cordlessness rechargeable goodness. That said, I'd buy a Mighty Mouse this minute just to try the scroll ball -- if there were a wireless version. I use a Logitech MX700 and love it. The best features are the dedicated page up/page down buttons (at least, that's what I have them assigned to) and the browse forward/back buttons. And the cordlessness rechargeable goodness.

That said, I'd buy a Mighty Mouse this minute just to try the scroll ball -- if there were a wireless version.

]]> By: Lee Bennett http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8293 Lee Bennett Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:11:36 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8293 If my cheap Logitech that I carry in my computer bag (I use cordless mice at home, so no Mighty Mouse there) ever fails on me, I'll likely replace it with Apple's new mouse. I am a bit concerned about those side buttons, though. I tend to squeeze mice a bit anyway when using them. I have Logitech's Cordless Mouseman Optical both at home and work, and it has a little thumb button that I programmed to deactivate since I found myself pressing it all the time. If my cheap Logitech that I carry in my computer bag (I use cordless mice at home, so no Mighty Mouse there) ever fails on me, I'll likely replace it with Apple's new mouse. I am a bit concerned about those side buttons, though. I tend to squeeze mice a bit anyway when using them. I have Logitech's Cordless Mouseman Optical both at home and work, and it has a little thumb button that I programmed to deactivate since I found myself pressing it all the time.

]]> By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8292 Michael Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:39:24 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/08/02/apples-mighty-mouse/#comment-8292 Rory Prior's <a href="http://www.thinkmac.co.uk/blog/2005/08/mighty-mouse.html" rel="nofollow">reaction</a>. Rory Prior's reaction.

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