Apple Releases Multi-Button "Mighty Mouse"

TheRaven64 writes "Hot on the heels of the announcement of x86 Macs, Apple announced a multi-button mouse, known as the Mighty Mouse. It appears that the entire surface is touch-sensitive, allowing the mouse to be programmed as a single-button, multi-button or scrolling device."

Comments

Re:It isn't touch sensitive, I think

[TomHandy]

When you tell people to RTFA, maybe you might want to do so yourself? Hell, it's in the opening bolded paragraph:

"And with touch-sensitive technology concealed under the seamless top shell, you get the programability of a four-button mouse in a single-button design. "

There's a little feedback

[pjcreath]

It sounds like the clicky noises on the iPod don't do it for you, but they at least did the same thing here. In small print on the side of the design page, it says that "a tiny speaker inside Mighty Mouse produces button-clicking and Scroll Ball-rolling sound effects."

Not quite as good as tactile feedback, but definitely better than none.

You DO have tactile feedback

[Lepton68]

You click the mouse same as the old one, by pushing down on the whole mouse until it clicks - tactile. The mouse senses what side of the top your finger is on, giving you a left and right click. You can also click the scroll ball on top of the mouse for a third button - tactile. And you can squeeze the sides for a fourth button - tactile. All these are programmable, and the ball scrolls 360 degrees.