Re: User Group Active? X newbie tutorial.
Re: User Group Active? X newbie tutorial.
- Subject: Re: User Group Active? X newbie tutorial.
- From: Keith Esau <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:14:13 -0600
The same stupid reasoning could be said to have a 2 (or 5) button keyboard.
One button to select the character you want, and one (or 5) to go to the
next (or use directions) character.
While a one button mouse is initially easier to use, it is too limiting for
any user beyond a novice.
On 11/10/2004 2:07 PM, "Nick Phillips" <email@hidden>
wrote:
> On 10/11/2004, at 2:43 PM, David Brown wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 05:17:38PM -0800, Rich Cook wrote:
>>
>>> I wonder why OS X makes great use of 3-button mice, but Apple ships a
>>> single-button mouse with every stinking computer? There's something
>>> wrong with this picture.
>>
>> As far as I can tell, it is a personal issue with Jobs.
>
> I think the theory is that some people get horribly confused and panic
> and press the wrong buttons and so on when faced with a multi-button
> mouse,
> and that a single-button mouse (especially where the whole mouse is the
> button) makes life easier (read "possible") for these people.
>
> These people exist. I've met some of them [*]. And Apple seems to want
> to
> cater for their needs, which is nice. It might be nicer to at least have
> the option of a real mouse when ordering, but...
>
>
> [*] and had the joy of supporting their networks
Keith Esau
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