I have my Logitech MX1000 laser mouse set up for web browsing, with a middle-click opening links in a new tab and the rocker around the scroll wheel set up to switch tabs. A pinch-zoom like the iPhone would be nice.
Navigate forward/reverse (two-finger swipe left-to-right or right-to-left).Scroll (horizontal and vertical, OS 10.6 supports momentum scrolling like the iPhone).Right-click (must be turned on, click with finger in the corner).Where the Magic Mouse disappoints is in its current arsenal of gestures. Clicking anywhere else is a normal click. Right-clicking must be enabled in the preferences and is accomplished by clicking with a finger on the right corner (this can be flipped to the left corner in the preferences). When I first read the advertisements, I had one big misconception about the Magic Mouse.
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A software update is necessary to unlock its features, before downloading the Magic Mouse drivers, it behaves as an ordinary one-button Bluetooth mouse. The Magic Mouse works with OS 10.5.8 or higher. While it is merely a very good mouse, it has untapped potential waiting to be released. While the Magic Mouse doesn't quite live up to what I had imagined, its shortcomings are all software related and Apple could fix them with a few updates. The bottom line is, if you've got a Logitech you're happy with, you should probably keep it. Could this finally be the mouse that puts Apple into the big leagues in that area? So when I heard Apple had released a multi-touch laser mouse, I immediately began drooling over the possibilities. The iPhone upped the ante with its smooth and intuitive multi-touch interface. The pointer moves with one finger, it scrolls with two fingers, it left-clicks with a one-finger tap, right-clicks with a two-finger tap, and has a large, comfortable tracking surface. Even the recent Mighty Mouse with its tiny scroll ball left a lot to be desired, and Logitech was more than happy to pick up the slack with its comfortable, functional, and flexible devices.īut as any Macintosh PowerBook owner knows, the trackpads are wonderful. It took years for Apple just to admit that its users would like a second button, thank you very much, and the original round "which way is front" iMac mouse was a dismal failure. Ever since the original CRT iMac, Apple has been making their designs sleeker and more intuitive, merging form and function into an admittedly high-priced but undeniably high-quality product.Īpple's track record with that essential input device, the mouse, has been less than stellar. Apple has had a number of great successes in its design department.
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