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From: Tom Harrington on 18 May 2010 13:44 In article <180520100945499070%star(a)sky.net>, Davoud <star(a)sky.net> wrote: > The fact that it cannot me made to issue a double-click without > third-party software was a deal killer by itself--for _me_ . I have to assume I'm misreading you here, could you explain? The magic mouse double clicks just fine for me and I haven't installed any third-party software to enable this. -- Tom "Tom" Harrington Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002 http://www.atomicbird.com/
From: thepixelfreak on 18 May 2010 13:47 On 2010-05-18 00:47:17 -0700, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> said: > My apple mouse (or whatever its name is this week) has begin to exhibit > signs of failure, requiring more and more frequent cleaning of the > little ball. (trick of rubbing it against piece of paper as well as usig > alchool). Might mouse was a complete pile of shite. > > > Is there a consensus about the Magicmouse ? Does it work well; ? How > long do batteries last ? Is the precision as good when you move it (for > instance, when doing graphic work, to presicely position it over a > pixel) or are the movements coarser because they tend to combine moves > to reduce number of bluetooth packets to be sent ? Magic mouse is a pure joy in comparison to Mighty mouse. Sleek, elegant. I love the scrolling. Only complaints I have are the following. 1. *sometimes* the mouse mis-interprets right mouse clicks as left if I have too much skin touching the left side of the surface (probably my fault). 2. *sometimes* left clicks proceed to scroll after the click. Probably my fault as well from years of sloppy mechanical clicking. I find the mouse accurate enough for say Photoshop. Battery life I have no idea as the mouse is relatively new. I've had it for about a month now and 77% battery remains. I use the computer every day 4-5 hours for work. > > What type of batteries does it use ? AA > > Anyone with a Macpro using this mouse ? I have found that Bluetooth on > my MacPro has week reception and I have to place my mobile handset in an > ackward position to get proper speeds for data transfers. Am worried the > Magic Mouse won't work well from my Desk. Seems to work 15 - 20 feet from my iMac, but then that might be a function of where the antenna is in the iMac. -- thepixelfreak
From: Fred McKenzie on 18 May 2010 14:25 In article <4bf24608$0$13643$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > Is there a consensus about the Magicmouse ? JF- I have had problems with optical mice, including the Mighty Mouse. With some slight disturbance, the arrow goes racing across the screen for no apparent reason, hiding itself in some distant corner. I now have two Magic Mice, one for the Mac Pro and one for the MacBook Pro. Neither has ever exhibited the racing-arrow problem. They are the best mice I've ever had. Yes, the batteries run down. A warning message comes up when capacity gets down to 10 percent. It seems to happen about once a month on the one I use most often. Maybe a wired version would eliminate that, but then the wire would be the annoyance! Did you ever have your Mighty Mouse cord get trapped under the edge of the mouse, preventing you from clicking? Fred
From: Philo D on 18 May 2010 15:20 > > I have had problems with optical mice, including the Mighty Mouse. With > some slight disturbance, the arrow goes racing across the screen for no > apparent reason, hiding itself in some distant corner. > I have heard it helps to put the optical mouse on a solid-color surface.
From: Jolly Roger on 18 May 2010 15:59
In article <slrnhv58i8.938.ianji33(a)zenatode.org.uk>, Ian Gregory <ianji33(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 2010-05-18, Mr. Strat <rag(a)nospam.techline.com> wrote: > > > For the most part, I like it. But I wish they'd make a wired one. I > > have to replace batteries about every 2.5 months, > > You should get rechargeables. I use 2500 mAH NiMH cells and get about > 2.5 months between charges. When I use 2500 mAH NiMH batteries, I find Mac OS X does not accurately report how much charge is in them. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR |