Two Button Apple
by Steve Gibson, Oct 31, 2000 1:03pm PSTIts the end of the world as we know it. According to beta testers of the new Mac OSX OS, Apple is caving in and finally going to the 2 button mouse. I've always been quite irritated by that whole 1 button thing myself. I enjoy Macs (Special lady friend is playing Diablo2 on one right now) but argh! Here's the bit:
To its devotees, the one-button mouse represents elegant simplicity. To detractors, Apple is the only computing platform among dozens still clinging stubbornly to an archaic tradition. [...] The upshot: "There's no specific date but they are adding it to Mac OS X," he said.
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Sincerely,
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Lol, that crazy steve jobs and his whack creations...
Native support would be nice tho I guess... Maybe then I could bind the wheel to weapon switch in Q3 and have it work. (Works fine in UT, *cough cough*) Nahhh..
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--Valiance--
(Mac bashing is somewhat entertaining)
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--Valiance--
Ever.
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To its devotees, the one-button mouse represents elegant simplicity. To detractors, Apple is the only computing platform among dozens still clinging stubbornly to an archaic tradition. [...] The upshot: "There's no specific date but they are adding it to Mac OS X," he said.
I guess 2 buttons has always been a bit complicated for Mac users.
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MacOS 8.6 pretty much had support for 2 button mice and scroll wheel (My friend has one right now), and I know for a fact that so does MacOS 9. This is nothing terribly new. It's just before, you had to bind the 2nd mouse button as a "Control-Click" for the right click, and I bet OS X has it automatically set as that.
FrO
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What Realm is your lady friend playing on? As what?
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Looks like i'll have to find another gaming news site :(
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8 years later and apple is finally 'getting it'. Wonder how long it'll be before theyadopt the mouse wheel. I couldnt live without the mouse wheel anymore....
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Love,
Al Gore