Comments on: Why Apple Ships the One Button Mouse

By: Tam

Tam — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:42:28 +0000

wow,

I still know a lot of non computer literate people who have no idea what a “right-click” is let alone any advanced fonction.
I do believe that apple is marketing towards these same people as the main stream for their customer with advanced devices for advanced users. The mighty mouse look nice, but is really expensive and I read a few really bad reviews on it. I am really afraid about the compatibility issues there might be with my new Windows laptop based.

Regards.

Tam

PS: I wont spit on one if I get offered it though, I am not a Mac fan, but not toptally stupid as well. ;)

By: Quagmire

Quagmire — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:45:21 +0000

I would not say that Mp3 or VHS are more superior than Betamax or Atrac, in fact both of Sony’s formats were higher quality than the competition. But Apple should let go of the one buttoned mouse

By: cliche

cliche — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:32:51 +0000

That’s total BS. It’s saying that the right button isn’t there because most users don’t even know what it is.
1. Any hard data on percentage of users that don’t know how to right click?
2. Is Apple’s core market novices?
3. Even if a person doesn’t know how to right click, does it hurt to have the button there?
4. Ever seen anyone NOT use the scroll wheel if it’s available?

I’m suspecting that one button mouse became an icon of the simple elegance of Apple, and they’re having a hard time letting go. But look at Sony. They lost the VHS market, because they didn’t let go of their Betamax. They lost the MP3 market(both memory and hard drive based), because they didn’t let go of their Atrac. And they’re losing a lot of the market (including me) with their cameras and pda that only use the memory stick instead of SD. It’s foolish not to adapt to a superior, and clearly more popular format.

By: Scrivs

Scrivs — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:02:34 +0000

They got /.’ed

By: cameron (desk003)

cameron (desk003) — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:33:40 +0000

sites dead.

By: norgus

norgus — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:54:47 +0000

Oh yes definately, I see people who don’t know theres a right mouse button with features assigned to it all the time.

I also see people wondering what all those keys on the keyboard are which don’t contain letters.

Come on, computers should be user friendly. People so stupid they have ‘special needs’ should be seperately catered for with either third party applications or by a clear option somewhere along the line.

Lets take the safety catch off of all guns, because it makes them easier to figure out as well!

By: Derek

Derek — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:45:07 +0000

I haven’t heard of anyone not knowing what a right-click was in about 5 years… Even my mother in law that needs help checking her email knows what a right-click is. I think it’s high-time Apple added another button and a scroll wheel to their default mice.