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  By enforce1 at 1/28/05
  

  If you’re a real Apple person (I am) then you don’t need a damned right click. You don’t even really need the mouse. Seriously, everything since OSX came out can be completely controlled through keyboard shortcuts.

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  By andy at 1/29/05
  

  what a crock of s**t - you could use those arguments to support a 1 button keyboard.

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  By Del Miller at 1/29/05
  

  A more long-winded narrative about the origins and philosophy of multi-button mice verses the one-button species.

  Click the link.

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  By scott at 1/29/05
  

  I also wonder whether Apple’s one-button mouse has something to do with the Mac’s place in schools. That is, I’m sure it’s much easier for a teacher to show a kindergartner how to use a one-button mouse that a two-button. A lot of 5-year-olds don’t know their right from their left, but they know the difference between clicking once and clicking twice.

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  By Rich at 1/29/05
  

  Thank you for a cogent explanation of Apple’s UI design philosophy and a timely reminder that not everyone out there needs or wants something that is, ultimately, more complicated.

  I use an Intellimouse, and I like it. I’d have trouble going back. But I know that my parents, who use a Wintel box, would certainly find it easier to use a one-button mouse if the OS were designed for it.

  The only problem: we’ll *never* be able to explain to the DIY PC fanboys that *most* people aren’t like them. It is “the computer for the rest of us.” Like rambunctious children, let them have their fun, but keep them away from open flames.

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  By WindozeBloze at 1/29/05
  

  The one button mouse is something whose time has long passed.  It is a quaint reminder of Apple’s past but really belongs with the rest of last century’s technology… in the past.  Personally, I think that Apple gives the impression that their hardware is less capable to potential Windoze switchers visiting the Apple retail stores by displaying their hardware with the asinine one button mouses.  There would be no shame in Apple finally shipping the two button mouses with a scroll wheel that the overwhelming majority of us already use ("Real Mac” people like myself included!)

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  By posse at 1/29/05
  

  There are more reasons why multibutton mice are not appropriate and it is not just beginners. I beleive there is an issue of ergonomics. When you click on a multi button mouse especially the left button, the most used button, you are forced to use the index finger. This strains the tendons in this finger after a long day of use. With a single button mouse, especially the ‘no button mouse’, you use a couple of fingers to push the ‘button’. This puts less strain on one finger.

  Also, most of the multi button mouse designs require the index finger to be in an unnatural bend rather than a straight line. This is so they can be used by rightys and lefties. The no button mouse your fingers lie naturally wherever they are most comfortable and usually in a straight line and it works for lefties or righties.

  Modified clicks can just as easily and often more accurately done with Control or other keys. I really do not miss multi button mice even after using them for a long time, it is all a matter of habit for people who are used to PCs. Now I am not saying that if person really wants a multibutton mouse should not be allowed to have one, especially advanced users, but don’t inflict them on everyone else. Apple has made the right deision by not having the multibutton mouse as standard equipment. More is not always better.

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  By jake at 1/29/05
  

  I think the problem with multibutton mice are that leads to a conceptual problem. A single button mouse is a pointer and that is all. Clicking the button points to the item, with mutlibutton mice it becomes less clear. To use a real world analogy, when you point at something with your right hand or your left hand do you expect completely different behavior from the object you point to?

  With multibutton mice, what does it mean to click the right left and the right button at the same time which takes precident? What happens if you are holding the left button and click on the right button in the middle of the left click? What happens if you release one button before the other? This is completely clear with a one button mouse and using the modifier keys. Conceptually, you are doing a modified click, similar to a modified keyboard click like Control-C. I think multi button mice should use the second button more like a modifier key than a left or right button. So you can do a modified click without having to reach for the keyboard. This would eliminate the conceptual problem of what does it mean to right click on something.

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  By geo metro at 1/29/05
  

  Posse (previous post) is exactly right. Using a one button mouse and the control key is ergonomically much better. His last statement, “more is not always better”, is also exactly right. Apple understands this and will profit from it.

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  By Max at 1/29/05
  

  If you are someone who uses their computer enough to warrent a more powerful mouse, I would suggest finding the best mouse you can afford. I agree with this guy, even if Apple included multibutton mice with their computers, people out there would still not be satisfied.

  Moreover, if you are coming from a PC (most likely why you would expect a multibutton mouse), why not use your favorite mouse with your Mac?

  It’s just sich a silly argument with not a whole lot of people really griping.

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  By andy at 1/29/05
  

  fisher price *cough*

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  By Jimbo at 1/29/05
  

  Bah—they don’t include a multi-button mouse because most people don’t use the right click? I though Apple was all about inovation, and staying away from the mainstream.

  What a load of crap that article is. Right clicking is designed to SIMPLIFY a user’s experience. Instead of highlighting something and going through a bunch of menus, you just right click on it and everything is right there for you. Really takes the guess work out of using a computer.

  Just goes to show you that Apple fanatics will find an escuse for anything Apple does—even if it’s a “piece of #### in a white box with a shiny titanium backing”.

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  By jbelkin at 1/29/05
  

  NAILED IT! You are absolutely right. THere’s nothing with the left/right button concept but the problem is EXACTLY as you point out - on Windows, there is ZERO consistency. On many apps, it’s exactly what you’d expect to find there but then there’d be some app where some important functio is there ... like MAKE COMPITABLE with WORLDWIDE DVD STANDARD ... Hello? WTF?

  If you hate the 1-button mouse, spend $12.95 to get a 2-4 button mouse, how hard is that? Or like most pro users, we’re gonna switch to a trackaball or pen ...

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  By Antman22 at 1/29/05
  

  I use an 8 button mouse. It works for me. That’s all I have to say.

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  By Kyle at 1/29/05
  

  I think another overlooked reason is accessability. Mac’s are great for the elderly because of many reasons, but the 1 button mouse is one of the foremost in my mind. I know my grandfather in particular has a hard time only clicking one mouse button, often times he tries to left click - will accidentally click the right button w/ his middle finger and wonder why things aren’t working correctly. I’ve seen it happen first and and I that I could just get him a mac (or that windows would allow you to disable right click or input 1 button mice).

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  By Jonathan at 1/29/05
  

  Jimbo:

  The problem is that, as Andru points out, that it DOESN’T simplify the experience for the relative novice.  In his example (and I can back it up with my own tech support experience), the moment he draws attention to the right mouse button it instantly complicates the situation for the user; they’re no longer sure what button to press.  Personally, even when I’ve told a customer “assume the left button unless I’ve mentioned the right,” they’ve still spent the rest of the call in a state of confusion.

  And again, you’ve ignored one of the other points in the article - that your kind, the power-user kind, wouldn’t be satisfied even if Apple threw in a 3-button scroll wheel mouse.  You’d go straight to an MX510 or an Intellimouse Explorer instead.  So why should they waste the money and materials on a mouse that they know you’ll never use?

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  By Anach at 1/29/05
  

  I use a 12 button mouse. If people cant use two buttons and distinguish between them, then maybe they should learn.

  Dumbing things down will never let anyone learn.

  Though i do agree that with elderly there can be problems with mouse buttons. Yet often either with 1 or 3 buttons, you can always get by with using 1 and the keyboard shortcuts or menus for everything else.

  So as it is, it is probably good that they ship with 1 button mouses, though people need to be made aware that an alternative is available.

  Obviously a lot arent.

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  By jake at 1/29/05
  

  The people who are advocating having multibutton mice, how much real time do you really save by having a second mouse button? Is it really making things that much easier? I really don’t see it. Control click is just as fast as right click. Ok maybe you have to use two hands but does it really make things simpller or any faster? Maybe PC users are the people who needs to learn a new technique? The keyboard as modifier approach is even more powerfull than any mouse. Imagine you could have click modified with the ‘a’ key or any other key on the keyboard. Think of the possiblilities rather than just 2 or 12 buttons you could have 108.

  The main reason the PC never had a single button mouse is because Apple patented it. Not because it was so much easier or faster. In fact, for years on the PC they never quite figured out what to do with the right mouse. Finally they arrived as contextual menus and standarized on that. Prior to that it was a total inconsistent mish mash of different clicks you would use the right mouse

  If more buttons are better lets have an upper case ‘A’ key and a lower case ‘a’ key. Imaging how much faster and easier that would be. It is kind of the same thing where the keyboard represnts a letter in the alphabet and the mouse represents a position on the screen. The confusion over which one to press would take longer to remember than hitting the modifier.

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  By snak3y3z1001 at 1/29/05
  

  Having multibutton mouse is a must for me. I am a intense online FPS player and having a multibutton mouse really helpsout. Having a one button mouse will get me killed much more faster due to the fact i have to let go of the mouse if i wanted to do something like toggle between running/waling or using a 2ndary attck.

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  By Rob at 1/29/05
  

  Im really not liking the arguement that “control click is almost as fast”.  It’s like saying why streamline a car because a square one can nearly go at the same speed.  Anything that makes navigation faster is great in my book.

  Also the whole double click “right or left?” arguement is pretty worthless, as single click “with or without control?” is pretty much the same.  I hate the the hypocracy of this, linux/OSX users often say windows is too automated and simplified, yet now were being told that the right click is far too complicated?

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  By wlf at 1/29/05
  

  The primary reason Apple does not have a 2-button mouse is $teve Jobs$’ ego.  Imagine what would happen if they bundled a multi-button mouse.  That would mean that Apple has been behind-the-times for 15 years and he could not take the criticism.  Now, if Job$ could create a different use or type of button, he would introduce it in a heartbeat.  A secondary reason is it would also hurt the cults’ morale.  After all these years, they would have to admit another button is not a bad idea after all.  Don’t fool yourself for even one second and believe any differently.  Those cult members are so blind that repeat everything that Job$ tells them.  So that is why the 2nd button will never appear as long as Job$ is alive and running the cult.

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  By Jonathan at 1/29/05
  

  Rob:

  But here’s the thing.  On a Mac, you just ask them to “click.” There’s a very obvious difference between hitting the mouse button and holding a key on the keyboard down at the same time.

  Apple isn’t saying that you should *never* have a multi-button mouse.  They’re just saying that for new or otherwise inexperienced users, it makes the most sense to have a single mouse button.  And by forcing this bundling with every Mac except the mini, it holds developers to a consistent interface (since you can’t have something in a context menu that isn’t available in the regular menu bar).

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  By pb at 1/29/05
  

  WindozeBloze is right on. It’s really time for Apple to ship a mouse with 2 buttons and a scroll wheel. The arguments against it are extremely tired. Fact is the overwhelming majority of computer users use a two-button mouse are are presumably reasonably comfortable with it. It’s definitely not just a power user thing. Every PC comes with a 2 button mouse. I don’t even know if you can actually buy a one button mouse.

  And a point that everyone is missing is that virtually every Mini owner is going to have a two button mouse.

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  By jake at 1/29/05
  

  Rob,

  Show how it is faster? I really don’t see it. Just saying it is does not make it faster. Clicking the key on the keyboard vs the mouse takes the exact same amount of time.

  snak3y3z1001

  FPS games can use more than one button but why not buy a dedicated game controller and really kick ass. That is what I did and it made a huge difference. Should Apple design for every possible use of the computer out of the box? Especially when it could be confusing to first time users?

  All,
  The point is because a multi button mouse works for you does not mean it works for everyone. Some downsides of multibutton mice have been presented here, such as ease of use, confusion for beginners, and ergonomics, maybe apple should just unbundle the mouse for everyone and let them choose their own. The only problem with this is that beginners may not realize it does not come with a mouse, especially iMacs which are intended as complete systems. So that leads us back to just include the one button mouse and let people pick their own mouse if they want something fancier. Previous PC users probably already have multi button mouse. Seems to me Apple is doing it right.

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  By posse at 1/29/05
  

  Another thing that bugs me about PC programs, especially when you first start using them is often functions will be hidden under the right mouse button and it is only way to access the function. The main way to find out about the it is to right click on almost every object in the application. The modified click really should only be a short cut not the primary way of doing something. As stated in the original article devlopers do get lazy. Having one button forces them not to hide functionality under the right mouse button.

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  By Mark at 1/29/05
  

  I really can’t believe how many of those posting are trying to defend Apple on this. The one button mouse is as dead as the floppy. The only reason why Apple has not changed is a) their artsy-fartsy obsession with industrial design or b) the small amount of money they save with the current design. Ease of use? Give me a break. My 2 year old kid figured out when and when not to use the right button. Apple is just plain wrong on this, much like still selling computers crippled with only 256 MB of ram when they know damn good and well that the first thing 90 % of us will do is buy more equipment to complete the total package that they should have sold in the first place.

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  By Mac and PC User at 1/29/05
  

  -Main reason is that Applem saves money on labor, material, and equipment.
  -Apple doesn not see their MAC USERS as SMART USERS.

  Accept it Mac guys, Apple sees you as Dumb Users.....

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  By jake at 1/29/05
  

  I don’t see why people are so upset that Apple includes a one button mouse. If you don’t like it go buy what you want. A simple 2 button mouse is dirt cheap, or get your 200 button electrostatic uber mouse if you like. People always seem to find something stupid to obsess about. Just like PC users scoffed at Apple getting rid of the floppy disk. I heard “Macs don’t even come with a floppy” for about 5 years until the PCs finally got rid of them too.

  Apple was the first to give up the floppy disk, it took PC manufacturers forever to dump the floppy after Apple did it. If this is really a matter of that the “one button mouse is as dead as the floppy” then Apple would have changed it long ago. I am not saying Apple is perfect either. I mean, I have to agree, the puck mouse was mistake and they should have fixed it more quickly than they did.

  Saying that someone is stupid because they don’t know what the diffference between a right click or a left click is kind of elitist. I agree with the original author, I have helped first time users and this is a source of confusion. There is a lot to learn when you first start using a computer arbitrary things like left or right button just makes it harder.

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  By Mac and PC User at 1/29/05
  

  Quote: “There is a lot to learn when you first start using a computer arbitrary things like left or right button just makes it harder. “
  Posted by jake on January 29, 2005 at 07:56 PM

  Are you that dumb that you think left and right buttons makes it harder to learn how to use a computer? No wonder why most unskilled people prefer a Mac!

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  By -Dave! at 1/29/05
  

  Actually, I think you raise some good points; I do replace almost every default system mouse, be it PC or Mac, with the mouse of my choosing.

  However, I still have a problem with Apple’s refusal to acknowledge the incredible popularity of two-button, wheel mice. I can sum it up in one word: laptops.

  I have a PC laptop. It has a trackpad and a track point. It supports two buttons, which means I don’t have to carry an external mouse. I don’t want to carry one. I want to carry as little as possible.

  I would, in fact, like to carry a PowerBook. I will, however, not buy one because of *one* feature: the one button mouse. My loss? Maybe. But I suspect there’s more out there like me. I’m platform agnostic, for the most part, and one button mouse on a system I can replace it on is fine. But I can’t do that on a laptop, and the refusal to support a pretty universal standard (from PCs to UNIX workstations) is just silly.

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  By Darren at 1/30/05
  

  Your trackback seems to be broken. I had a few thoughts on the subject here:

  http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/002306.html

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  By Brian B at 1/30/05
  

  I have to dispute the claim that average users don’t know what the right mouse button is for, or even don’t know it exists.

  For most average users, they don’t know any keyboard shortcuts so right clicking to cut, copy, and paste is the only way they know how. I also see tons of these average users with wallpapers from the Internet or folders and folders of saved images from the Web, I wonder how they got there?

  There is no argument for the one-button mouse and to argue in favor of it is pretty ridiculous.

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  By jake at 1/30/05
  

  Lots of people claim a two button mouse is faster but do not back it up with anything other than it is a given that two buttons are faster. Control clicking to get a contextual menu is just as fast as clicking on the right mouse button in every test I have done. There is a difference but in that you can use one hand but I don’t see why it is any faster.

  The trackpad issue is interesting, but I have a Thinkpad at work, very frequently I am hitting the wrong button because they give equal weight to the right button to the left button, i.e. the less frequently used button is just as big as the frequently used button. Because I am right handed to consistently hit the left button with my right hand means I must angle my wrist slightly so it is always over the left button. On my mac laptop clicking anywhere in that area gets me what I want, my hand can rest anywhere I like, and if I need the contextual menu control clicking is very close by.

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  By Paul Howard at 1/30/05
  

  The major problem with a one button mouse is that mouse gestures in Opera (or indeed Firefox) are effectivly disabled. By the time you have reached the keyboard, hit the ctrl key, clicked the mouse and moved it, you might as well have just clicked the back button.

  Mouse gestures are here to stay and that means more than one mouse button should be a requirment for all new mice these days.

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  By John at 1/30/05
  

  My problem with the whole “control + click is just as fast as right clicking” solution is that it isn’t necessarily true.  When I am using a computer how often is my left hand sitting on the keyboard (unless I’m typing or playing a game)?  The answer:  almost never.  I prefer to keep my hand away from the keyboard.  For me reaching down to find the control key (ignoring my seeming inability to find any key on a mac keyboard for some reason) would be a large waste of time.  Delving through menus to find the same commands that I can execute through a right-click also takes too much time since menus are rarely organized in an intuitive manner.

  And as for ergonomics I fail to see how the multi-button mouse is harmful to my fingers.  Having just ran around this lab to look at the mice I can safely say that none seem un-ergonomic.  Even my 7 button mouse at home has large left/right mouse buttons that I can click with two fingers if I desire.  Why Macs continue to ship with their idiot-stick mice is beyond me.  Unless they have a secret camera to watch me start yelling at their horrible single-button-centric interface.

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  By Boris at 1/30/05
  

  I am using an iBook, my first Mac.
  When using the trackpad, the one button approach is a god-sent. One can simply use either thumb and press Option/Command without leaving the keyboard.
  I belive that the key press is faster on a laptop than two or three buttons.
  It’s all about not leaving the keyboard!

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  By Bryan at 1/30/05
  

  There are many posts here claiming the article is false, that a multibutton mouse is at least as easy, if not easier, to use—that Apple (including its hardware engineers like me) is insane for continuing to ship “idiot-stick” mice. Just wanted to clarify a few things:

  1) The research performed is for the largest computer user demographic out there, those who use the computer as a means to performing some task quickly so that they can go about their lives. The one-button mouse idea is for people who just want the few clicks to get them through that task, with the occasional need for the modifier key. I personally use two mice, one being the standard “no-button” mouse, as well as a custom USB input device of my own design, just because I like to flip switches and press buttons.

  2) To the fellow who says that his two-year old knows the difference between the two mice: children are not idiots, despite the implication. Most teens and adults will never learn as quickly as a child (especially WRT language).

  3) Our market share doesn’t bother us because we don’t make mainstream computers. We don’t use mainstream processors. We support n-channel surround sound and button-dazzled mice. We support and use open-source in major commercial products. We make a tidy profit and that’s what actually counts when the books close.

  4) After having being a house-call tech support guy for multiple years, I can say that people who have had little exposure to computers in their childhood typically have a devil of a time understanding the difference between the left and right mouse buttons.

  5) The mouse is slow compared to keyboard shortcuts and I hate the fact that Windows and Linux apps are not consistent in keyboard navigation. Though not perfect, Mac OS X is more consistent and typically offers many easily remembered shortcuts (with the ability to define more system-wide shortcuts).

  My point is that we’re not idiots. We just think differently.

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  By lnx at 1/30/05
  

  I’m curious how the heck is the “contortionist exercise” of using TWO hands to click the mouse AND hold down a modifier key on the keyboard easier than keeping ONE hand on an n-button mouse and simply using different fingers for different mouse buttons?
  That is a very-very lame argument…
  What if an app wants to use the control-key to enter a transient mode (e.g. camera control in a 3D program: control + mouse buttons : orbit, dolly, track)?
  Much more efficient than running around to the menus to switch between modes.

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  By mike at 1/30/05
  

  I was once in an argument about this, and a mac user (i’m on the pc side) he said that in analogy, a mac is like a hanglider and a pc is complicated like a jet.  I couldn’t agree more.  Of course less controls make it easier when there is less you need to get done.  If you need to get 250 people across the pacific ocean, you need a jet, not a hanglider. 

  not to say that the mac isn’t productive, but honestly, good luck using a 3d program with a 1 button mouse. 

  Also, the person who mentioned 1 button is less stressful on tendons.  Hmm, that means you are sliding up and down more for the menus instead of right clicking.  I’m thinking that’s more stressful.

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  By Alan at 1/30/05
  

  So using your reasoning the tech call now goes like this:

  Me: Control click on “My Computer”
  Caller: Control?
  Me: Hold the Control key while clicking on it.
  Caller: Oh, okay. that won’t break anything will it?
  Me: No
  Caller: It didn’t work.
  Me: You have to hold it down at the same time as when you click.
  Caller: Oh… when do i let go of the control key?
  Me: After you click
  Caller: After I control click?
  Me: Yes
  Caller: Ok, Now there’s a menu.
  Me: Select “Manage”
  Caller: okay
  Me: Double click on ‘Device Manager’
  Caller: Control double click?

  As you can see the absense of the right mouse button actually makes things worse for a user. Unless of course Apple doesn’t intend for anyone to actually use contextual menus. They just put them there as easter eggs I guess.

  By Apple’s own rhetoric we PC users are supposed to be dumber than Apple users. So if we can use two button mice, it should be a cinch for a mac user.

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  By average user at 1/30/05
  

  “When I am using a computer how often is my left hand sitting on the keyboard (unless I’m typing or playing a game)?  The answer:  almost never.  I prefer to keep my hand away from the keyboard.”

  Whoa, dude, we just met. Don’t need to get all personal.

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  By Tamer at 1/30/05
  

  I personnaly don’t mind the one button, but what is killing me is the absence of a scroll wheel (or any better scrolling device).  If you used one for a couple minutes you’ll miss it when you go back.  You’ll be scratching at your wheeless mouse thinking why! ... why does apple still forces you to click on the scroll bar!

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  By John at 1/30/05
  

  Well if I could find a one button mouse for a PC, I would snap that up in a heartbeat.  My wife and granddaughter never use the right mouse button.  Since my grrandaughter is a lefty, it sure would make it easier for all of us on that PC (just try to use a mouse on the wrong side of desk).

  Now would I want a one button mouse for my box? No since i use both buttons.  Then again, I am the only one usiing that box so the mouse never goes to the left coast

  Its amazing how much PC and MAC fanboys can argue over the most trivial of baloney.  By the way, does anyone know where I can find a one button mouse for a PC

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  By some guy at 1/30/05
  

  First off, beating your meat is a lot harder if you have to Ctrl click everything.

  Second: Will someone please post a link to these multi-buttoned mouses they keep talking about? 8 buttons? 12? WTF?

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  By Gordon at 1/30/05
  

  With my Macs, I use a mouse with seven buttons and a scroll wheel. But 99% of the time, I only use the left button. And I much prefer to use the keyboard for modifiers over using the right mouse button. After all, if I’m mousing, I’m not typing, leaving my non-mouse hand free. The only thing I dislike about the one-button mice is the lack of the scroll wheel, which I’ve really grown to like. But for simplicity, consistency of design, and all of the other stated reasons, I agree that in most rspects, a one-button mouse is better for most people. The advantage of another button is far outweighed by having to re-discover differently hidden functionality in each new application (one of the many frustrating aspects of my PCs).

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  By osx is still a slow gui at 1/30/05
  

  Even if they had 2 buttons it wouldn’t help. You still can’t access half the menu items with the keyboard, which makes the interface waaaaaay slooooow

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  By Bryan at 1/30/05
  

  Hehe.  Whenever I read an article that involves Apple, you can easily tell which side the person is on; Mac users have something to contribute, worth-while, and inteligent.  When contrastly, you have your PC users who can only bash and fill in some random ramblings.  Anyone else ever notice that?

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  By Peter Brockie at 1/30/05
  

  For the record, contextual menus were added in Mac OS 8.0.

  Okay… That didn’t really help anyone out.

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  By the dude at 1/30/05
  

  nobody mentioned scoll-wheel clicking (middle-click) for opening/closing tabs in firefox - saves tons of time.

  also i agree with what was said about laptops if i spend a couple grand on a powerbook i’d expect atleast a scroll wheel simulation area on my touchpad.

  i mean come on a sroll wheel, what average joe user doesn’t use a webbrowser? constantly moving to the scrollbar using a touchpad is a real bitch.

  i’d say one button on ibook/emac and two buttons on powerbook/powermac and all with scrollwheels/scrollwheelsimulation.

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  By Eric at 1/30/05
  

  I have two barely used mac mice from from the two macs I’ve bought, anyone want them?

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