I wonder who coined the term "mouse" in regards to the computer..

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Someone at Xerox PARC, if memory serves.

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That's true, you beat me to it. The original one was a wooden box, too, if I remember right. I think this will give you more history...

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Um, that turns out NOT to be the case.

See What the Dormouse Said by John Markoff, or Bootstrapping by Bardini.

The original was built for Douglas Engelbart's group, at Stanford Research Institute.

See this site.

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Actually, after all that was said, it really was a wooden box.

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"I don't know why we call it a mouse. It started that way and we never changed it." - Doug Engelbart, 168, Stanford Research Check out the videos of his presentation.

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Err, make that 1968. :)

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Err, make that 1968. :)

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Like I said earlier, it sounds horrible for WoW. ;) Pretty nifty otherwise though.

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Fancy! I need a new mouse, too. I'll have to pick one of these up.

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Go for it... It's surprisingly swanky. Hell, I can see myself ending up with one for my PC here at work, as well.

Personally I like to be consistant and have the same type of mouse everywhere...

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So from the sounds of it you would have to lift your left index finger each time you want to right click? Is this as much of a pain in the ass as it sounds?

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In practice I'm not finding it to be at all. Also, I've had this mouse hooked up to my Dell laptop and I've been using it under Windows for the last three hours... The transition to it has been effortless. I'm strongly considering buying one for use here, too, because I rather like the feeling of the scroll ball.

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ohh well, its on order now so I guess I'll see shortly :)

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Can you turn off the click sound of the mouse? There's no such control on the preference pane as i see..

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From what I hear, the mouse doesn't make a click sound out of the speaker, it just makes a normal mechanical click. I don't know of a way to turn off the scroll clicking, although that sound is so minimal that I don't really even notice it.

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The side lumps on the old Apple Pro mouse *do* do something. If you press them in, they let you keep holding the mouse button down when you lift it up. (For when you want to drag something a long distance and run out of mousing area, and have to lift and re-place the mouse.)

--Adam (just a passerby)

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With the new side-squeeze buttons, how does a long drag, where you lift the mouse by its sides continuing to hold the click, work? Wouldn't you tend to inadvertently activate the side-squeeze during this maneuver?

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Hmm, that I don't know, because while I've got dual monitors spanning 3200x1200, I never really need to reposition the mouse.

I'd imagine it would work fine, though, because it's very possible to hold and lift the mouse by the side buttons. One has to make an effort to exert force on them in order to actually activate them.

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Apple made it sense it the mouse is on the desk or not, so if you squeeze and lift the mouse it continues to left click without releasing, or using side-clicking.

It will only side click if the mouse is actually on the desk.


Also, the side click has sensors to tell how hard you are clicking them and respond accordingly.

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I'm in the market for a new mouse since obtaining a new PowerBook G4 two weeks ago. I've purchased, but not yet opened, the Logitech V500 Cordless Notebook Mouse because it is multifunctional and has high ratings in reviews. I was sidetracked by considering the Apple Wireless Optical Mouse, which would allow me to get some use out of having Bluetooth built in. But, I haven't been able to test that mouse because the Apple Store and others don't put them on display. The release of the Mighty Mouse threw in another monkey wrench.

Though area Apple Stores have already sold out of the Mighty Mouse, I did get a chance to try one out. It mainly seemed normal. Since I control-click for contextual menus on my trackpad, the tap to the Mighty Mouse for a right click is actually easier. The scrolling was smooth and fast, though I don't think the diagonal scrolling will matter much since it is not useable in most applications, which are linear. Opening Dashboard without reaching into the Dock or setting a hot key is cool. The concern some people have about the mouse not responding as wanted seems misplaced. I think one would really have to send confusing signals to stump the mouse. If stumped, it would just default to a left click.

In a review, David Pogue mentioned another a selling aspect of the Mighty Mouse. The one-button operation can be enabled for children in the Accounts folder, making it easier for them to use the computer.

My only reason for not buying the Mighty Mouse is that there isn't a wireless version yet. Otherwise, I would.

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The scroll ball (pea) doesnt work in the Sims 2. I go cry now.

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Oh no... That really surprises me.

I'm starting to second guess mine, as it is squeaking when I click it, and the sensitivity of the left sensor is such that I have to lift my finger a good ways up in order to right click. This gets irritating when I'm trying to work quickly...

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hmm, squeaking is not good. sometimes I find I'm not successfully right clicking because my finger is too far towards the back of the mouse.

As for the Sims, I tried the Mighty Mouse on 3 different Macs with the Sims installed and none of them worked. Clicking the ball however is just like clicking a scroll wheel, a straight-up button 3.

I wrote to Apsyr, and their canned response; "We haven't heard of that problem from anyone else, We will look into it" I'm sure they are just assuming that its a problem with my dumb ass and not their game. I've been in contact with Asypr support before and thats usually how they react.

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