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Apple Applies For Rotary Mouse Patent

Posted by pudge on from the mmmmm-ouse dept.

Dregs of Tar writes "According to an article at The Mac Observer, Apple has applied for a patent on an interesting new mouse idea. A rotary disc on the surface of the mouse can be pushed straight down as a mouse button, tilted forward or back to scroll vertically, and tilted side to side for horizontal scrolling. In other words, it's a rotary scroll wheel! Could it be so? Could we soon see Apple-branded, multibutton, scrolling mice?"

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  1. I have never been a Mac fan by Fizzl · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Because I always thought the Mac mouse was desinged for lemmings.

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  2. oh, come on! by j0se_p0inter0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    apple, just put another button and a scroll wheel on there, admit the other mice were stupid, and apologize to all the mac users forced to buy ridiculously overpriced art-boxes and then have to buy new mice for them. they finally get with the program, but decide to over-engineer the friggin' thing.