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In article <jollyroger-EA0273.14172520102009 DeleteThis @news.individual.net>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger DeleteThis @pobox.com> wrote:

> In article <fmoore-2782EB.14421120102009 DeleteThis @feeder.eternal-september.org>,
> Fred Moore <fmoore DeleteThis @gcfn.org> wrote:
>
> > The new Magic Mouse
> > <http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/>
> >
> > (Be sure to watch the video. Way cool!)
>
> I would probably have one right now if the local Apple Store had them in
> stock! I'm eager to try one out!

It looks like it has the same stupid bottom plate that always pops
open and loses the batteries if you drop it. Thereby requiring a
reaquistion of the bluetooth connection. I _hate_ these things. I
would probably like a wired one, but of course that isn't on offer.

In article
<mlsiemon-1D530C.12273320102009.DeleteThis@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>,
Michael Siemon <mlsiemon.DeleteThis@sonic.net> wrote:

> In article <jollyroger-EA0273.14172520102009.DeleteThis@news.individual.net>,
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger.DeleteThis@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <fmoore-2782EB.14421120102009.DeleteThis@feeder.eternal-september.org>,
> > Fred Moore <fmoore.DeleteThis@gcfn.org> wrote:
> >
> > > The new Magic Mouse
> > > <http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/>
> > >
> > > (Be sure to watch the video. Way cool!)
> >
> > I would probably have one right now if the local Apple Store had them in
> > stock! I'm eager to try one out!
>
> It looks like it has the same stupid bottom plate that always pops
> open and loses the batteries if you drop it. Thereby requiring a
> reaquistion of the bluetooth connection. I _hate_ these things. I
> would probably like a wired one, but of course that isn't on offer.

You drop your mouse that often? I haven't ever dropped mine!

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In article <jollyroger-00927A.14305120102009.DeleteThis@news.individual.net>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger.DeleteThis@pobox.com> wrote:

> In article
> <mlsiemon-1D530C.12273320102009.DeleteThis@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>,
> Michael Siemon <mlsiemon.DeleteThis@sonic.net> wrote:
>
> > In article <jollyroger-EA0273.14172520102009.DeleteThis@news.individual.net>,
> > Jolly Roger <jollyroger.DeleteThis@pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <fmoore-2782EB.14421120102009.DeleteThis@feeder.eternal-september.org>,
> > > Fred Moore <fmoore.DeleteThis@gcfn.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > The new Magic Mouse
> > > > <http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/>
> > > >
> > > > (Be sure to watch the video. Way cool!)
> > >
> > > I would probably have one right now if the local Apple Store had them in
> > > stock! I'm eager to try one out!
> >
> > It looks like it has the same stupid bottom plate that always pops
> > open and loses the batteries if you drop it. Thereby requiring a
> > reaquistion of the bluetooth connection. I _hate_ these things. I
> > would probably like a wired one, but of course that isn't on offer.
>
> You drop your mouse that often? I haven't ever dropped mine!

Hey, I'm a fumble-fingered mathematician. Of _course_ I drop it. And
every other battery-operated mouse I've ever had has been immune to
problems with this. But anything but a light bump on the MM, and out
pop the f*ing batteries.

In article <7k6hhcF37usgqU1 RemoveThis @mid.individual.net>,
Tim Lance <nope RemoveThis @nada.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:42:11 -0500, Fred Moore wrote
> (in article <fmoore-2782EB.14421120102009 RemoveThis @feeder.eternal-september.org>):
>
> > The new Magic Mouse
> > <http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/>
> >
> > (Be sure to watch the video. Way cool!)
>
> Disappointed. No middle button action. I use for app switching.

Yeah, I use it for Spaces selection.

--
Tom Stiller

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In article
<mlsiemon-A3D279.13524220102009.DeleteThis@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>,
Michael Siemon <mlsiemon.DeleteThis@sonic.net> wrote:

> In article <jollyroger-00927A.14305120102009.DeleteThis@news.individual.net>,
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger.DeleteThis@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > In article
> > <mlsiemon-1D530C.12273320102009.DeleteThis@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>,
> > Michael Siemon <mlsiemon.DeleteThis@sonic.net> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <jollyroger-EA0273.14172520102009.DeleteThis@news.individual.net>,
> > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger.DeleteThis@pobox.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article <fmoore-2782EB.14421120102009.DeleteThis@feeder.eternal-september.org>,
> > > > Fred Moore <fmoore.DeleteThis@gcfn.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > The new Magic Mouse
> > > > > <http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/>
> > > > >
> > > > > (Be sure to watch the video. Way cool!)
> > > >
> > > > I would probably have one right now if the local Apple Store had them
> > > > in
> > > > stock! I'm eager to try one out!
> > >
> > > It looks like it has the same stupid bottom plate that always pops
> > > open and loses the batteries if you drop it. Thereby requiring a
> > > reaquistion of the bluetooth connection. I _hate_ these things. I
> > > would probably like a wired one, but of course that isn't on offer.
> >
> > You drop your mouse that often? I haven't ever dropped mine!
>
> Hey, I'm a fumble-fingered mathematician. Of _course_ I drop it. And
> every other battery-operated mouse I've ever had has been immune to
> problems with this. But anything but a light bump on the MM, and out
> pop the f*ing batteries.

If you say so. Of course you haven't actually tried dropping a Magic
Mouse, so you'll excuse me if I don't believe your assertion that the
same thing happens with it. ; )

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In article <jollyroger-04F4A0.18374720102009 DeleteThis @news.individual.net>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger DeleteThis @pobox.com> wrote:

> In article
> <mlsiemon-A3D279.13524220102009 DeleteThis @c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>,
> Michael Siemon <mlsiemon DeleteThis @sonic.net> wrote:
>
> > In article <jollyroger-00927A.14305120102009 DeleteThis @news.individual.net>,
> > Jolly Roger <jollyroger DeleteThis @pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In article
> > > <mlsiemon-1D530C.12273320102009 DeleteThis @c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>,
> > > Michael Siemon <mlsiemon DeleteThis @sonic.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article <jollyroger-EA0273.14172520102009 DeleteThis @news.individual.net>,
> > > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger DeleteThis @pobox.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > In article
> > > > > <fmoore-2782EB.14421120102009 DeleteThis @feeder.eternal-september.org>,
> > > > > Fred Moore <fmoore DeleteThis @gcfn.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > The new Magic Mouse
> > > > > > <http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > (Be sure to watch the video. Way cool!)
> > > > >
> > > > > I would probably have one right now if the local Apple Store had them
> > > > > in
> > > > > stock! I'm eager to try one out!
> > > >
> > > > It looks like it has the same stupid bottom plate that always pops
> > > > open and loses the batteries if you drop it. Thereby requiring a
> > > > reaquistion of the bluetooth connection. I _hate_ these things. I
> > > > would probably like a wired one, but of course that isn't on offer.
> > >
> > > You drop your mouse that often? I haven't ever dropped mine!
> >
> > Hey, I'm a fumble-fingered mathematician. Of _course_ I drop it. And
> > every other battery-operated mouse I've ever had has been immune to
> > problems with this. But anything but a light bump on the MM, and out
> > pop the f*ing batteries.
>
> If you say so. Of course you haven't actually tried dropping a Magic
> Mouse, so you'll excuse me if I don't believe your assertion that the
> same thing happens with it. ; )

I will have to actually play with one a bit to tell, obviously -- but
it has the same general configuration. The plate holding in the batteries
is very large and held by a tiny latch at one end. Yes, it is possible
that Apple has somehow fixed the problem (though the appearance is, with
minor stylistic differences, much the same); I sure hope so. But this has
been one of the cases where I think there was a failure in Apple's
usually excellent industrial design. The first bluetooth MM I had, I
figured I'd got one barely in spec (or even out of it), but it has been
consistently true over 3 or 4 instances.

On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:27:33 -0700, Michael Siemon
<mlsiemon.TakeThisOut@sonic.net> wrote:

>It looks like it has the same stupid bottom plate that always pops
>open and loses the batteries if you drop it. Thereby requiring a
>reaquistion of the bluetooth connection. I _hate_ these things. I
>would probably like a wired one, but of course that isn't on offer.

I'd pay a premium for wired.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison

In article <tom_stiller-BBF123.15401320102009.DeleteThis@news.individual.net>,
Tom Stiller <tom_stiller.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:

> In article <7k6hhcF37usgqU1.DeleteThis@mid.individual.net>,
> Tim Lance <nope.DeleteThis@nada.com> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:42:11 -0500, Fred Moore wrote
> > (in article <fmoore-2782EB.14421120102009.DeleteThis@feeder.eternal-september.org>):
> >
> > > The new Magic Mouse
> > > <http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/>
> > >
> > > (Be sure to watch the video. Way cool!)
> >
> > Disappointed. No middle button action. I use for app switching.
>
> Yeah, I use it for Spaces selection.

I use it for Dashboard.

But aren't gestures on the new mouse supposed to be customizable? It
seems like you should be able to program a gesture to do what the middle
button does.

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+ Howard Brazee <howard.DeleteThis@brazee.net>:

> I'd pay a premium for wired.

Which only goes to show that people are different. Presumably you keep a
tidy desk, free of the kind of clutter that mine is full of and which
tends to get in the way of the mouse cord? Actually it's a struggle even
to keep an open area big enough for mousing on, which is one of several
reasons I generally prefer trackballs. I know, in this I'm the odd one.

--
* Harald Hanche-Olsen <URL:http://www.math.ntnu.no/~hanche/>
- It is undesirable to believe a proposition
when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.
-- Bertrand Russell

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:47:26 -0400, Harald Hanche-Olsen
<hanche DeleteThis @math.ntnu.no> wrote:

>> I'd pay a premium for wired.
>
>Which only goes to show that people are different. Presumably you keep a
>tidy desk, free of the kind of clutter that mine is full of and which
>tends to get in the way of the mouse cord? Actually it's a struggle even
>to keep an open area big enough for mousing on, which is one of several
>reasons I generally prefer trackballs. I know, in this I'm the odd one.

Actually, I keep my keyboard and mouse underneath my desk, on a shelf
designed for them. (Or desks, as my desk, my work desk, and my
wife's desk have this design). My desk is still cluttered, but my
mouse is always the same place.

I might have done things differently if the keyboard was powered
enough to plug my iPod into. But it wasn't, so I bought a powered
USB Hub that with an iPod doc instead.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison

In article <pcows2p0y0h.fsf.TakeThisOut@math.ntnu.no>,
Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche.TakeThisOut@math.ntnu.no> wrote:

> + Howard Brazee <howard.TakeThisOut@brazee.net>:
>
> > I'd pay a premium for wired.
>
> Which only goes to show that people are different. Presumably you keep a
> tidy desk, free of the kind of clutter that mine is full of and which
> tends to get in the way of the mouse cord? Actually it's a struggle even
> to keep an open area big enough for mousing on, which is one of several
> reasons I generally prefer trackballs. I know, in this I'm the odd one.

I would pay it more because I find the lag of Bluetooth mousing to be
irritating.

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