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 15:31:45 -0600
YES!!!! Big ditto here!
This problem is compounded for laptop users who have NO options to have
multiple buttons on their PowerBook or iBook.
On 11/10/2004 3:24 PM, "Rich Cook" <email@hidden> wrote:
> So then it would be better to have an OS option to have all mouse
> buttons do the same thing for such users by default, rather than
> hamstringing all of us just because these folks can't get their mouse
> clicks together. :-)
>
> On Nov 10, 2004, at 1:06 PM, Sean Ahern wrote:
>
>> Nick Phillips wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> I've met some as well. For a real computer newbie, it's hard enough to
>> wrap the brain around WIMP (Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointing device),
>> without adding multiple mouse buttons to the mix.
>>
>>> It might be nicer to at least have the option of a real mouse when
>>> ordering, but...
>>
>> Yes! I get these drawers full of one-button mice I've never plugged
>> in, simply because I am forced to buy one from Apple!
Keith Esau
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