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To: The Westerner
The one thing about the Mac product that puzzles me is how to right click on anything? My old Dell desktop, now frozen at XP, is simpler to navigate at that level.

You can use two-button mice on Macs, it just isn't mandatory. That was a philosophical decision. Jobs wanted the simplicity of one-button, so you wouldn't pick the wrong one. Engineers running AutoCAD had Three button mice forever and still use them. X-Windows used them since the early '80s. The two button mouse was kind of a Microsoft approach, which really only came into play with Windows 95, after people got used to mice that generally required only left clicks/holds for almost everything.
20 posted on 02/10/2018 11:26:38 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

For instance, a PC user advises to “left” or “right” click but I just don’t know how to do it on an ipad or a Macbook?


35 posted on 02/10/2018 1:36:06 PM PST by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: get the government out of medicine and education.)
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