I'm using one of these right now (in graphite, though)
Posted on 03/26/2006 10:31:05 AM PST by BJungNan
Could be. I just think it's strange that something that should be so intuitive would need practice, especially from a company that's known for its industrial engineering abilities.
What's really cool are the wireless "mice" that you wave through the air instead of moving around the desk. A friend just got a PC with Media Center that came with one of those as a hybrid remote/mouse, and I love it.
Make sure you're running the latest version - AppleWorks 6.2.9. If not, download it here. The announcement says "This free update supports mice with scroll wheels and improves the performance and reliability of AppleWorks’ presentation and spreadsheet environments."
If you are already running 6.2.9, please let me know.
AppleWorks won't be ported to a universal application for Intel Macs, so it's days are numbered.
If you have a USB mouse from a Windows PC, it will probably work on a Mac.
Here are two that have worked well for me -
Logitech Optical Mouse - about $15.00
Kensington Studio Mouse - about $40.00
When using a single-button mouse, you can access the popup contextual menus by pressing and holding the 'control' key while clicking the mouse button.
Well, I don't have a Mac or any interest in getting one, but I did know one could use a standard USB mouse for them. I'd just assumed the right button was nonfunctional.
I do have a multi-button wireless mouse, but I'm so rarely sitting at my desk that I'm usually just using my laptop's touchpad.
For my purposes it's perfectly adequate and the problem with the mouse isn't serious enough for me to upgrade to Pages.
Ooops - I mean to say year+ old news...
I'm using one of these right now (in graphite, though)
Hey, isn't this the guy who in a couple of posts went off on the instability of OS X, only for us to find out later he was talking about OS 9?
I've been using the "mighty mouse" since October. I like it. The scroll button works well for me, with just the right amount of resistance. Of course, the only buttons I use are the main one and the scroll button. I have no use for right or left clicking.
You know.. I have seen this among Mac users... because they haven't experienced the contextual menus. But once you have, you won't want to go back.. they really are time savers.
The mighty mouse doesn't have the right click enabled by default. You have to go into the control panel and map the right click to the right button action. There is no right button on the mouse but if you tilt to the right, that actually pushes a separate button internally so just a slight pressure to the right gets you a nice usable right click.
The little ball has a pre-programmed behavior of bringing up the Dashboard which I just disable. And the squeeze behavior is just too bizarre for me..
Still all in all.. it is a serviceable mouse.. and the little ball scrolls right and left as well as up and down.. so that works.
I haven't gotten the little ball all clogged up with gunk.. and I don't have a clue how it can be cleaned in that event.
I did not say it was a year ago, someone else did. I merely conceded the point as it had no bearing on the point I was making. As for the spelling of MacWeekly vs. MacWeakly, not my fault the web site got it wrong.
Drop on by. I will show you a room full of people half of whom wish they did not have a mac at their station.
you again.....
LOL.
yes
As a retired tech writer, I can assure all concerned that this "behavior" should not be a problem...from a marketing perspective.
What needs to be done here is what is referred to as "documenting as a feature."
The following line needs to be inserted in the text of the Users Guide: The new Miracle Mouse has been especially designed to eliminate those annoying false right-clicks by requiring confirming clicks in situations where the user may have clicked accidently."
No, this is the guy that originally posted about a year ago that he was using OS9 and was complaining about it. Then someone explained that the reason why his computer was crashing so much was because of OS9. He was told OS X was much more stable and he should come back after he had used that version. He came back after 7 months or so of using OS X and is still not convinced since OS X seems to crash only a little less frequently than OS9 and far more frequently than any PC he has ever used.
That guy.
Try this with a MAC.
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