[OT] Mouse buttons (was Re: troubling article)
[OT] Mouse buttons (was Re: troubling article)
- Subject: [OT] Mouse buttons (was Re: troubling article)
- From: "M. Uli Kusterer" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:03:32 +0200
Until I watched my father, an experienced engineer and financial
manager, but neophyte computer user, struggle with the left button,
I was in the "ship a two button mouse" camp. Now, I believe that a
one button mouse is probably the best to ship with, but that any
experienced user ought to pick up a two or three button mouse as
their needs demand.
So, perhaps, like many other debates, it really depends on the user?
Personally, I'd expect Apple to at least make a concession to the
fact that some users prefer two buttons, e.g. by making the different
kinds of mice an option so people like me don't have a perfectly good
one-button mouse sitting on a shelf gathering dust.
Or failing that, could they at least ship high-end Macs (like the G4
or the Powerbook) with a two-button + wheel mouse?
Not to mention that Apple *could* simply start a revolution by
actually labeling the two mouse buttons with icons. I mean, who is
surprised when people see two buttons that aren't labeled at all and
they think they do the same thing?
Or they could ship a "one button plus wheel" mouse, where the wheel
doubles as the secondary mouse button, like it does on my MacAlly
(though that feature should be off by default, to avoid newbies
accidentally clicking while scrolling because their fingers cramp up
pretty often).
--
Cheers,
M. Uli Kusterer
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