http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/ Engadget Comments for Apple's touch sensitive mouse design axes scroll ball http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/
As to the squiggle, I don't think that's in the regulation. I think it's just a case of "it's always been done that way."]]>Apr 12th 2007 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/
Scott, I think the comment was more of a rhetoric observation but thanks for the info.]]>Apr 12th 2007 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 13th 2007 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 12th 2007 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 12th 2007 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 12th 2007 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 12th 2007 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 19th 2007 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 12th 2007 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 12th 2007 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 12th 2007 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/
Just try an use one of those fancy touchscreen TV remotes to change the channel without looking at the damn thing. I wasted my money on one of those once......ONCE!!

And that is why I still use a Microsoft explorer mouse with my Mac to this day.

(Sorry I got a bit of topic...those remotes piss me off)]]>Apr 12th 2007 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/
Then there is a problem with you perceptions there.

]]>Apr 12th 2007 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/- The track ball removes the restriction of scrolling just left and right
- It has a "virtual" right mouse button (you right click and it mimics any kind of right mouse button action)
- You have middle mouse button click as well and it is configurable.

To be honest if I could get the full feature set working on a PC I would use that over a standard multifunction mouse any day.

The Mighty mouse works out of the box without complication.

If your a legacy Mac user then set the mouse to perform like a one button mouse - there is minimal effort.

Personally I'd like to know what problems people encounter with the Mighty mouse because so far I have not sported any problems at all.

Correct me if I'm wrong but from what I can tell from the patent image above, all they are doing is removing the trackball and making the surface of the mouse touch sensitive - so what, it is no different to having the trackball there.

]]>Apr 12th 2007 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 13th 2007 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 12th 2007 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 12th 2007 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 12th 2007 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 12th 2007 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 12th 2007 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/
so no matter how what the design is... you'll love it eventually.]]>Apr 12th 2007 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 12th 2007 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/ Personally I'd like to know what problems people encounter with the
> Mighty mouse because so far I have not sported any problems at all.

Mighty Mouse often misinterprets my right clicks as left clicks, possibly because my hands are big and my right-click (i.e. middle) finger sits close to where the cord comes out.

It is also very difficult to squeeze Mighty Mouse without either repositioning your hand, or moving the mouse.
]]>Apr 13th 2007 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 12th 2007 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 12th 2007 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.saitek.com/row/prod/obsidian.htm How is this not prior art? Oh I forgot - Apple make them in white...
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Ontopic:
I can see it now: spread your fingers apart and the image grows. Move them together and it shrinks. If all of these adjustments are centered on the mouse's position, those little handles on every corner and side of a picture can disappear. That would be neat.]]>Apr 12th 2007 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 12th 2007 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 13th 2007 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/
I'll stick with the Logitech MX-1000 on my Mac Pro, thanks...]]>Apr 13th 2007 2:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://rychlicki.net/en/2007/03/05/167/]]>Apr 13th 2007 2:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 13th 2007 4:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/
I learn something new about Engadget editors every day: One day it's "Engadget editors are clueless about Star Wars (=aren't really geeks)", then it's "Engadget editors think that a patent means that there are actual product plans", then it's "Engadget editors don't know what 'haptic' means".

Or was the idea just to put some interesting buzzword into the article?]]>Apr 13th 2007 5:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/
Anyhow, the current Mighty Mouse is 4 buttons even if it only looks like one (very confusing I know) - so this article isn't fair in saying it doesn't have a right click.

Regardless, I'll stick to my Logitech 8 button trackball which I've used since I started using macs two years ago...]]>Apr 13th 2007 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 13th 2007 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/
Using a mouse without a wrist is never comfortable]]>Apr 13th 2007 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/Apr 15th 2007 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/apples-haptic-mouse-design-axes-scroll-ball/
so, i don't see what all the complaining is about. what must people be doing that they can't get the mouse to work?

and i think as much as Apple fans tout Apple products, non-users complain about them. it's about even, and it's pretty stupid on both ends.]]>Apr 23rd 2007 12:43PM