[Politicalities]

Yet another example of Apple's penchant for style over substance. The mouse is lozenge-shaped, which looks nice and pretty, but ain't exactly ergonomic. The scroll wheel appears to be located near the front, horizontally centered, where the index finger will have to stretch awkwardly to use it. I'll reserve final judgement until I've tried it, but so far I'm inclined to give it a thumbs-down.

Of course, I may be biased. I switched to a good ergonomic trackball several years ago and never looked back.

[Mr. Thorne]

you call THAT a trackball?

Now, this is a trackball!

= )

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Yet another example of Apple's penchant for style over substance.

It's kind of like a 12-inch phallus: fine for looks, but anything after the first seven inches is pure overkill.

[mikegi]

Of course, I may be biased. I switched to a good ergonomic trackball several years ago and never looked back.

I have the MS Optical Trackball that you roll with your thumb. You roll the mousewheel with your middle finger. It also has the Forward and Backwards buttons on the sides. . Really like it, can't see using anything else.

BTW, I added mousewheel support for zooming in my $80 apps. Users love it. It and another feature were copied by a much larger company in their $40,000 app, right after they sicced their lawyers on me. Gotta love business ... NOT! Anyway, I'm looking into adding support for the Forward and Backward buttons once I figure out which resulting function makes the most sense.