Here It Comes to Save the Day
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005
Ok, so Apple has finally gotten on the multi-function mouse bandwagon with their new Mighty Mouse. It looks pretty slick, but I’m witholding judgement until I actually test one out. I’m wary of the touch-sensitive nature of it, which, if the 3G iPod is any indicator, can be “touchy.” (Heh.)
Mike Davidson said something interesting:
I know you PC people out there are going to laugh at how happy this makes us Mac people (being that you’ve had multi-button mice for years), but it really is a momentous occasion. The one-button mouse was the last indisputable disadvantage of Apple hardware, and also the last vestige of stubbornness left over from the pre OS X days.
While I disgree that a one-button mouse is a disadvantage (I like them a lot — they’ve saved my wrist from aches at times), it certainly will be nice to have multi-function option that was given the Apple treatment (read as: well thought out).