Re: [OT] Mouse buttons (was Re: troubling article)
Re: [OT] Mouse buttons (was Re: troubling article)
- Subject: Re: [OT] Mouse buttons (was Re: troubling article)
- From: Gregory Weston <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:06:12 -0700
On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 00:52AM, M. Uli Kusterer wrote:
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Personally, I'd expect Apple to at least make a concession to the
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fact that some users prefer two buttons, e.g. by making the different
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kinds of mice an option so people like me don't have a perfectly good
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one-button mouse sitting on a shelf gathering dust.
You don't want _a_ concession. You want a _bigger_ concession.
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Or failing that, could they at least ship high-end Macs (like the G4
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or the Powerbook) with a two-button + wheel mouse?
Anything but that. My own preference is 3 buttons, no wheel. Second choice is 1, then 2. But never a wheel. For me, they're painful to use and in the way given that I don't use them.
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Not to mention that Apple *could* simply start a revolution by
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actually labeling the two mouse buttons with icons. I mean, who is
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surprised when people see two buttons that aren't labeled at all and
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they think they do the same thing?
I would be surprised if I ever saw someone surprised that the buttons weren't the same. Why would someone think that? I mean, what would be the point of having two buttons if they're not distinct?
G
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