Apples discovers two button mouse

More innovation from the land of Apple

Published on March 15, 2005 By Frogboy In WinCustomize News

To better assist Windows users wanting to convert to the Macintosh, Apple is apparently working on a two-button mouse.

Meanwhile, Las Vegas odds makers are currently taking bets on how long it will take for Macintosh advocates to claim that Apple invented the two-button mouse and Microsoft and "PeeCee" users merely copied it from them.

Comments (Page 1)

ScottTykoski

on Mar 15, 2005

"Insiders warned that anticipation may continue to build for months as the company perfects the product"

hehe How can your "perfect" a 2 button mouse?!

It's a friggin 1 button mouse with anohter button on it...there you go Apple, I just saved your engineers 'months' of work

Inge18

on Mar 15, 2005

They should offer free training courses for Mac users on "How to use the second mouse button". And for Windows users wanting to convert to Mac, they should offer "How to get along with only two buttons".

paulhaskew

on Mar 15, 2005

lol, yeah, I really like my 8 button logitech MX 700... I think I will stick with it...

CerebroJD

on Mar 15, 2005

I'm good with my 3 buttons and scroll wheel. Seriously, why the heck has it taken Apple this long to figure this out?!

tjesterb

on Mar 15, 2005

Eight buttons? I only have four on my trackball. (What do you do with eight buttons, use both hands?)

-OZZY-

on Mar 15, 2005

is this serious ???

Jafo

on Mar 15, 2005

I guess they noticed mac users were mutating and adapting to the one button.....and the other fingers were beginning to atrophy.....not a good trait for auto-eroticists....

George Rogers Jr

on Mar 15, 2005

Brad, Are you joking???

DesignCaddy

on Mar 15, 2005

you just made my day.

halarious, brad.. thank you

on Mar 15, 2005

LOL.

I'm good with my 5-button and scroll button mouse, thank you very much.

Mac mouse with two buttons.. revolutionary! PC mouse with 2 buttons... A classic!

on Mar 15, 2005

Hmm seriously, can you even buy a PC mouse with just 2 buttons? Basically all mouses, even cheap mouses with balls has in least a scrollbutton.

DesignCaddy

on Mar 15, 2005

drives me crazy that i don't have a scroll wheel on macs. my logitech and microsoft mice work fine when i plug them into a mac and use the wheel - but without it i'm lost. i go to scroll and its not there.

i'm with the rest of you guys .. my home mouse even has that 'joystick' style scroll wheel. for a company all about the latest in interfacing, i'm suprised with these crappy one button optical apple mice

mattxbanana

on Mar 15, 2005

YYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fuzzy Logic

on Mar 15, 2005

Why does Apple go for a two button mouse when I have four fingers (and a thumb). Or maybe in Apple's case two fingers is enough

Fuzzy Logic

on Mar 15, 2005

even cheap mouses with balls

You gotta love a mouse with balls...

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