For years, I have complained that Mac is way behind in a world of multi-button mouse usage. I have never seen a multi-button mouse product from Apple or a double-button trackpad in Apple's line of powerbooks/ibooks. On MacOSX, the right mouse button click has traditionally been emulated with a button click on the mouse while holding the CTRL key on the keyboard. On the trackpad, this translates to an awkward twisting and bending of fingers in trying to hold 3 buttons/keys with one hand; what a friggin' pain that is. Computers have become so ubiquitous in today's world that grandma can now survive with a double button mouse. So give us a double button mouse/trackpad!!!

Well, I finally got my wish with Apple's release of their first 2-button mouse called the Mighty Mouse today. That's music to my ears. I hope that the next line of powerbooks will spot a familar technology for the trackpad.

8/3/2005 1:13:37 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

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