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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?"

2 of 368 comments (clear)

  1. Re:More buttons are good but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I have a thumb button on my mouse that I programmed to be the ENTER key, and it's be hard for me now to do without."

    You call that power usage? I've bound my thumb button to a macro that automatically creates a flame bait post for slashdot. Saves me hours of hard work every day!

  2. Re:Trackball by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Er, if I didn't use lynx.

    Hey, 1989 called... they want their browser back.