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From: TaliesinSoft on 28 Jul 2010 09:34
On 2010-07-28 01:50:11 -0500, Kevin McMurtrie said:

> Apple has been crafting stylish anti-ergonomic junk for the last 12
> years.

How about some examples of this so-called "stylish and anti-ergonomic junk"

--
James Leo Ryan - Austin, Texas

From: nospam on 28 Jul 2010 09:47
In article <8bapv1Fik5U1(a)mid.individual.net>, TaliesinSoft
<taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote:

> > Apple has been crafting stylish anti-ergonomic junk for the last 12
> > years.
>
> How about some examples of this so-called "stylish and anti-ergonomic junk"

puck mouse.
From: Davoud on 28 Jul 2010 10:19
Kevin McMurtrie:
> > Apple has been crafting stylish anti-ergonomic junk for the last 12
> > years.

TaliesinSoft:
> How about some examples of this so-called "stylish and anti-ergonomic junk"

Now, now. We all tend to forget that a statement such as Mr.
McMurtrie's is an opinion, and is not meant to be an *ex* *cathedra*
pronouncement. Since he speaks for himself, he cannot be wrong.

In this instance, Mr. McMurtrie speaks for me as well concerning Apple
mice and trackpads. The trackpad on my latest-generation MBPro Core i7
is a significant improvement over my previous MBP's, but it still has
only an ill-defined corner for a right-click instead of the two
click-buttons I think it ought to have. This is function following
form--usability sacrificed for a the sake of appearance.

As for the mice, years of resistance to right-click, even long after it
became useful on a Mac (was that OS 8?); the hockey puck; the little
pea, the latest
car-of-the-future-look-but-doesn't-fit-the-hand-and-has-no-discernable-
click-areas mouse--all of these are useless for me, even antithetical
to the reason I use Macs. The various Microsoft multi-button mice have
worked exceedingly well for me because the buttons--and they are
buttons--are located where my fingers are located. Ironic, that.
Perhaps if I had my fingers re-located surgically I could appreciate
Apple's pointing devices.

The thin keyboard-like object that Apple distributes is beneath my
contempt. I have two of them that will end up in the county recycle
facility in their original wrapping because I have been unable to find
anyone who would accept them free-of-charge.

Davoud

--
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm
From: Wes Groleau on 28 Jul 2010 12:31
On 07-28-2010 09:34, TaliesinSoft wrote:
> On 2010-07-28 01:50:11 -0500, Kevin McMurtrie said:
>> Apple has been crafting stylish anti-ergonomic junk for the last 12
>> years.
>
> How about some examples of this so-called "stylish and anti-ergonomic junk"

Not everything they do is anti-ergonomic, and in some cases one might
consider the intended audience. My eMac for example. It was a _very_
inexpensive way for me to get a one MHz G4. But it was designed
for a young child on a small chair. The screen is almost vertical,
aimed at my stomach. If I sit on the floor, I don't get a sore neck,
but then I have to reach up for the keyboard or put that on my lap.
So, it's non-ergonomic for me, but great for an elementary school.

--
Wes Groleau

Angry disruption in class
http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1455
From: BreadWithSpam on 28 Jul 2010 14:11
nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> writes:
> <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote:
>
> > > Apple has been crafting stylish anti-ergonomic junk for the last 12
> > > years.

> > How about some examples of this so-called "stylish and anti-ergonomic junk"
>
> puck mouse.

Apple's had a couple of misses over the years. The puck mouse was
certainly one of the worst - and very few - such misses.

And the puck mouse was here and gone 12 years ago. If that's the best
you can come up with, I'll call that very high praise for Apple's
work.

(And really, "stylish" in a description of the puck mouse? It was
simply bad and ugly in every way).

--
Plain Bread alone for e-mail, thanks. The rest gets trashed.
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