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Has the Mac managed to move away from a one-buttoned mouse yet?

I like my five buttons :D
(I helped save b3ta! GazChap, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:38, archived)
# five?
why do you need five buttons?
I have 2 and 2 scroll wheels
(I helped save b3ta! Roxy_Hart is so so old, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:39, archived)
# I have 5 buttons and 2 wheels
although windows keeps forgetting the second wheel's meant to go sideways...
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:46, archived)
# i have 15 buttons and 9 scroll wheels
so there
(I helped save b3ta! The Incredible... accident free since, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:55, archived)
# i have three buttons
but it's a graphics tablet

/satisfied
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 12:04, archived)
# If you like
multi buttoned mice, you simply have to plug it in and it works

I *prefer* one mouse button, though
(I helped save b3ta! matsimpsk, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:40, archived)
# Furry muff...
... I didn't know that.

My Mac experience consists of "drag these pictures from one drive to the other drive" every few days ;)
(I helped save b3ta! GazChap, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:41, archived)
# My mouse has seven buttons!
Yay for my mouse! :-)
(I helped save b3ta! splorp ®, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:40, archived)
# you've been had
you bought a joystick
(I helped save b3ta! notshitashi OMOH, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:42, archived)
# Oh shit....
...you're right! ;-)
(I helped save b3ta! splorp ®, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:44, archived)
# I can't understand people who try to tell me
it's much better pressing a key on your keyboard and your mouse button, rather than having a second mouse button to click.
That just doesn't make sense to me.
(I helped save b3ta! StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:41, archived)
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Most baffling, is it not?

All the Mac-lovers at my workplace (newspaper, so there are lots of them) say exactly the same thing ;)
(I helped save b3ta! GazChap, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:42, archived)
# As I've always said
I don't have a problem with Macs, I'm sure they're fantastic machines, it's usually Mac Zealots that piss me off.
(I helped save b3ta! StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:45, archived)
# macs are great
but I prefer itty bitty pc machines because for no money I can choose which brand processor to put in and alter as much as I want, without having to replace my computer as a whole. Besides, there's much more software available for pc and it's all so very much cheaper.

But for Photoshop I prefer mac, it also got great firewire standards :o
(I helped save b3ta! notshitashi OMOH, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:48, archived)
# FireWire is great
FireWire support on PCs is supposed to be improving, too, I believe.

My laptop has a FireWire 800 port. Rahh! I don't have asnything to plug into it though :/
(I helped save b3ta! matsimpsk, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:53, archived)
# Like I say,
I personally prefer to use a mouse with one button. If you prefer two or more, you can use them on the Mac with no headaches.
(I helped save b3ta! matsimpsk, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:43, archived)
# can you not
achieve the same thing with a held down click?
(I helped save b3ta! LP, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:43, archived)
# I've never really used a Mac
never had the opertunity to, so i can only go on what my mac loving friends tell me.
(I helped save b3ta! StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:45, archived)
# Mac OS 9
and, to a lesser extent, OS X, is built around the concept of a one button mouse. If you get the chance to sit in front of a mac for a bit, you'll see that there is very rarely a need to use a keyboard modifier... you can do pretty much everything with either a single-click, double-click, held down mouse button or a click and hold.
(I helped save b3ta! matsimpsk, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:51, archived)