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Post by: Borys on October 20, 2009, 01:55:46 PM
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Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: jiji on October 20, 2009, 02:00:04 PM
Hmm, so this is why they never bothered to fix the Mighty Mouse's scroll ball.  Well, I'll probably get one.

It's for the artsy distinguished effete fellows browsing huffpost.
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Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: tehjaybo on October 20, 2009, 02:03:52 PM
Hey look, more overpriced Mac crap with little to no functionality so hipsters feel cool.
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: jiji on October 20, 2009, 02:04:40 PM
It's $69.
Same price as the Mighty Mouse, then.
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: TakingBackSunday on October 20, 2009, 02:06:47 PM
Meh, only about ten bucks more than my Logitech mouse that I use.  Cool technology but I hardly ever use a mouse to begin with, I just love my MBPs trackpad too much.
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: Tieno on October 20, 2009, 02:14:06 PM
How can you play games with this?

Apple better get back in the tree.
Applefags don't play games on their Apple, they use it for computer stuff and impress other people.

:smug

Looks very hot.
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: OptimoPeach on October 20, 2009, 02:18:11 PM
:rofl Are you fucking kidding me? One step closer to this:

[youtube=560,345]9BnLbv6QYcA[/youtube]

"Intuitive" is even the first adjective used to describe it on that Apple page. Self-parody total
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: cool breeze on October 20, 2009, 02:20:13 PM
That looks pretty cool, actually.  This is the first time since their first that Apple had a neat mouse.  I'm hoping Logitech or Microsoft put out something similar, except designed around games and productivity.  Like, it would be pretty cool in an RTS game to scroll around the map by dragging two fingers around while still being able to control the cursor like you would normally control it.
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: jiji on October 20, 2009, 02:21:32 PM
I wonder if it'll have any kind of haptic or audio feedback for clicking, like the little piezo speaker in the Mighty Mouse. If it doesn't, then that's the one thing I can imagine that might bother me about it.
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: Tieno on October 20, 2009, 02:25:23 PM
Except it looks way hotter, fagovonio
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: TakingBackSunday on October 20, 2009, 02:26:40 PM
:rofl Are you fucking kidding me? One step closer to this:

[youtube=560,345]9BnLbv6QYcA[/youtube]

"Intuitive" is even the first adjective used to describe it on that Apple page. Self-parody total

Not really mang.  It's basically just taking their technology in the macbook trackpads and putting it into a mouse form factor.  Seems pretty cool to me.
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: OptimoPeach on October 20, 2009, 02:31:28 PM
That looks pretty cool, actually.  This is the first time since their first that Apple had a neat mouse.  I'm hoping Logitech or Microsoft put out something similar, except designed around games and productivity.  Like, it would be pretty cool in an RTS game to scroll around the map by dragging two fingers around while still being able to control the cursor like you would normally control it.
Or you can map that function to the scroll ball. Or just use hotkeys like any non-scrub.

Not really mang.  It's basically just taking their technology in the macbook trackpads and putting it into a mouse form factor.  Seems pretty cool to me.
It seems like the Wii philosophy is being integrated into the Mighty Mouse.
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 20, 2009, 02:32:51 PM
:rofl Are you fucking kidding me? One step closer to this:

[youtube=560,345]9BnLbv6QYcA[/youtube]

"Intuitive" is even the first adjective used to describe it on that Apple page. Self-parody total

:rofl
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: Tieno on October 20, 2009, 02:32:59 PM
Except it looks way hotter, fagovonio

I could kill your Eurotrash face.

Go start a soccer riot or something.
Eurotrash is not a derogatory term, boy :smug
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: jiji on October 20, 2009, 02:33:54 PM
The real benefit of this mouse - and the one Apple isn't talking about - is that it will allow 2D scrolling control on top of the mouse without needing a mechanical ball that gets gummed up if it's not maintained by disassembling the mouse.
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: Tauntaun on October 20, 2009, 02:35:17 PM
Hey look, more overpriced Mac crap with little to no functionality so hipsters feel cool.

Troof.  :punch
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: Brehvolution on October 20, 2009, 02:36:39 PM
brrrrrr it got cold itt.
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: OptimoPeach on October 20, 2009, 02:43:25 PM
The real benefit of this mouse - and the one Apple isn't talking about - is that it will allow 2D scrolling control on top of the mouse without needing a mechanical ball that gets gummed up if it's not maintained by disassembling the mouse.
Hey, that almost sounds like a tilting scroll wheel that's been included with every PC mouse above $20 for the last half-decade now. And wasn't the whole idea behind the the scroll ball over a scroll wheel on the Mighty Mouse that it was more intuitive? :teehee
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: jiji on October 20, 2009, 02:51:28 PM
Hey, that almost sounds like a tilting scroll wheel that's been included with every PC mouse above $20 for the last half-decade now. And wasn't the whole idea behind the the scroll ball over a scroll wheel on the Mighty Mouse that it was more intuitive? :smug

Tilt on a scroll wheel doesn't offer you anywhere near the same kind of control and tactility you get with a scroll ball. You get one speed left or right. It's like holding down arrow keys.
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: jiji on October 20, 2009, 02:59:48 PM
Seemed more appropriate.
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: OptimoPeach on October 20, 2009, 03:06:01 PM
Tilt on a scroll wheel doesn't offer you anywhere near the same kind of control and tactility you get with a scroll ball. You get one speed left or right. It's like holding down arrow keys.
What are you guys doing on a daily basis that you need to scroll diagonally and still have complete control over the cursor?

I just can't help but feel that this is another excuse for the rabid Mac fanboys to feel more progressive, and I also don't doubt that the (unnecessary) functionality won't be nearly as problem-free as advertised -- like the Wii, and like the scroll ball. I'd at least like a normal mouse for the people that are perfectly capable of (and prefer) using the PC model so that when I have to use my Mac I'm not forced to take it up the ass from overreaching tech designers that favor intuitiveness over practicality.

Why did you change his smiley?
Smug is more fitting, but it was way at the bottom and I forgot about it.
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: Kestastrophe on October 20, 2009, 03:24:44 PM
 this thread  ::)

Apple has come a long way since only one mouse button :teehee
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: OptimoPeach on October 20, 2009, 04:25:52 PM
No shit Mojo ALL THAT?
http://www.evilbore.com/forum/index.php?topic=31269.0

There, now stop shitting up the thread with this silliness
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: CajoleJuice on October 20, 2009, 04:29:39 PM
:rofl
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: Kestastrophe on October 20, 2009, 04:29:41 PM
dude, its his thread and you're shitting it up. take a chill pill brah
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: Reb on October 20, 2009, 04:32:19 PM
I like how the right click feature is pitched as something worth mentioning.
Good slick feel to it though, but that's expected with Apple.
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: OptimoPeach on October 20, 2009, 04:35:07 PM
dude, its his thread and you're shitting it up. take a chill pill brah
You're confusing the Poles

edit: Besides, at least my bitching was pertinent to the OP instead of some frivolous little e-feud
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: Robo on October 20, 2009, 04:40:44 PM
worst thread since NPD
Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: Phoenix Dark on October 20, 2009, 05:40:30 PM
It's for the artsy distinguished effete fellows browsing huffpost.

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Title: Re: Apple's multitouch mouse
Post by: chronovore on October 21, 2009, 06:48:45 AM
Glad this thread is re-opened. I'll probably buy this mouse. I hate my Mighty Mouse and miss my PowerBook's sexy, easy-to-use, ambidextrously accessible trackpad. Sounds like they're on the right path.