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What Mac OS X Could Learn From Windows

Posted by timothy on from the how-to-humiliate-and-belittle-users dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It is almost unheard of to see something written about what OS X could learn from Windows but this details some good examples. And yes, it includes the right-click mouse." I find about half the suggestions compelling enough to be worth griping over, and the other half off-base, but YMMV.

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  1. Re:Multi-button mouse by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The whole point of the one button mouse is to make it easy to use for beginners, and to prevent developers being lazy when designing programs.

    Those are two important points, but don't underestimate the RSI aspect. When RSI is a risk, the way to reduce it is to drive the action back to bigger muscles.

    The two button mouse requires you to use the muscles in an individual finger, and worse, individual tendons which exacerbate carpal tunnel syndrome. (multi-button trackballs do better). With the 1-button Apple mouse you can use your whole hand to click. With the current 0-button Apple mouse, you can use your whole arm.

    This is good ergonomics but it requires a more careful user interface design to utilize.

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