[OT] Pigs Fly

[Andre Garzia]

On Aug 2, 2005, at 5:12 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Just as I'd heard from Punxatawny Phil, the Prognosticator of  
> Prognosticators, Apple is finally joining the rest of the industry  
> in shipping a multi-button mouse for its customers:
>
> New Mouse for Macs Has Multiple Buttons
> <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ 
> apple_s_new_mouse;_ylt=As1C3mk3YMOhH9.n16yV7fYDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04N 
> W9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl>

It's not a multi-button mouse, it's a zero button mouse!!! :D less is  
more!!!!

(it uses a touch sensor and it has a internal speaker for sound  
feedback... clever ain't it. Tech is derived from iPod scroll wheel  
tech.)

Cheers
andre

PS: I want one!


>
> While somewhat trivial, this says two great things for us multi- 
> platform developers:
>
> 1. We're now more motivated than ever to implement extensive right- 
> click menus throughout our apps.  These are often overlooked by Mac  
> developers, but are a critical part of the Windows user experience  
> and implementing them thoroughly in many case will raise the  
> perceived professionalism of your Windows releases and increase sales.
>
> 2. Any time Apple moves beyond the old symptoms of NIH Syndrome and  
> plays nice with the rest of the industry they should be applauded,  
> as it makes our work as software designers much simpler. This is a  
> healthy sign of organizational maturity, a clear acknowledgement  
> that the industry and their audience has become more sophisticaed  
> with mouse use since 1984.
>
> First MacTel, now multi-button mice.  Now if only Windows would  
> follow suit and correct the positions of their dialog box buttons  
> we'd all be in platform-independence heaven. :)
>
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>  Richard Gaskin
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