The annoying thing about the Magic Mouse is the fact that it uses multitouch for right click, and only actually has one button. For example, if you have both fingers resting on the surface and you press down with your middle finger (ie to right click), as long as both fingers are touching the mouse, it will assume you're just left-clicking. You have to lift your index finger off of the mouse before right-clicking for it to register. It's so annoying, and it ruins what could have been a fantastic mouse.
I think you are wrong. I tried one in the store and I don't think I had to raise my other finger. Remember you could right click w/ the Mighty Mouse and it didn't have a touch surface so it either actually has 2 buttons under the hood or the one button reads the direction of the applied pressure. I should be getting my Magic Mouse delivered in the next couple hours so I guess I'll find out for sure then.
Mighty Mouse also has touch surface and there's one simple button underneath the shell - it doesn't sense the direction of pressure.
I was thinking about replacing my Mighty Mouse with this, but it still works well for me (after 3 years of use) and I'm a little disappointed by the lack of buttons on the side. I use those all the time, not sure if I could do without them. For that matter, I also use screen corners, but it kinda depends on the situation.
Lifting an index finger a quarter of an inch is a major annoyance? This is how I've always moused, even with multiple button mice. Are you really calling this a defect because you have to lift a finger? Have we become that much of a lazy society that the "I don't want to lift a finger" statement now actually lives in our computer mousing?
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The annoying thing about the Magic Mouse is the fact that it uses multitouch for right click, and only actually has one button. For example, if you have both fingers resting on the surface and you press down with your middle finger (ie to right click), as long as both fingers are touching the mouse, it will assume you're just left-clicking. You have to lift your index finger off of the mouse before right-clicking for it to register. It's so annoying, and it ruins what could have been a fantastic mouse.
I think you are wrong. I tried one in the store and I don't think I had to raise my other finger. Remember you could right click w/ the Mighty Mouse and it didn't have a touch surface so it either actually has 2 buttons under the hood or the one button reads the direction of the applied pressure. I should be getting my Magic Mouse delivered in the next couple hours so I guess I'll find out for sure then.
Mighty Mouse also has touch surface and there's one simple button underneath the shell - it doesn't sense the direction of pressure.
I was thinking about replacing my Mighty Mouse with this, but it still works well for me (after 3 years of use) and I'm a little disappointed by the lack of buttons on the side. I use those all the time, not sure if I could do without them. For that matter, I also use screen corners, but it kinda depends on the situation.
Lifting an index finger a quarter of an inch is a major annoyance? This is how I've always moused, even with multiple button mice. Are you really calling this a defect because you have to lift a finger? Have we become that much of a lazy society that the "I don't want to lift a finger" statement now actually lives in our computer mousing?
one finger, left click. two fingers right click. just like the trackpad.