After years of insisting that a one button mouse was much more efficient, Apple has finally changed its mind and has just released a two-button optical mouse, called Mighty Mouse. In addition to a 2nd button, they have included squeeze, roll and scroll features. This will give Windows users one less reason not to switch. Eventhough you have been able to use non-Apple, two-button mouses with Macs for years, many Windows people were under the impression that if they switched to an Apple they would be forced into a one-button mouse situation. It will be interesting to see if this new mouse becomes the standard mouse that ships with all new Macs.
Mighty Mouse is the first multi-button mouse that retains the simplicity of a single-button mouse, and can be used as a single- or multi-button mouse depending on the user’s preference. Mighty Mouse features a single seamless enclosure with programmable touch sensors that act as primary or secondary buttons. With a simple click on the upper right or left side of the mouse, users can instantly access features such as contextual menus found in Mac OS X and other applications.
UPDATE: Russell Beattie wrote-up a great, hands-on review of Mighty Mouse.
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A minor quible: Apple hasn’t given up on the single button design, but rather gives the option of having multiple buttons. Most non-techies have no clue about right-clicking. Consider it a single button mouse (and for all appearances, it still looks like one), but with the hidden ability to be multifunctional.
BRILLIANT!!! Now when that stupid colored wheel cursor appears and ignores my force-quit, I can perform 3 new mouse operations that will do absolutely nothing whatsoever to help me out, before I pull the plug out of the back to shut it down. And I can pay twice as much as an ordinary mouse, for improvements that PCs have enjoyed for a decade.
Apple’s only solid products are little music boxes. If you’re an adult with work to do, buy a PC.
A little addition: The old-fashioned Mac-Users can use the mouse as a traditional 1-button-mouse. Apple has released a special 1-button Mode in the preferences. Cheers