Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 20th Jan 2006 21:39 UTC
Apple Computer's announcement of new Macs based on processors from Intel raises an interesting question: Since both the Mac and Windows operating systems now run on Intel-based hardware, shouldn't it be easy to run both on the same computer? That simple question deserves a simple answer. But there isn't one - at least not right now. Reaching the nirvana of running the two most popular desktop operating systems on one machine is a lot harder than you might expect.
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Member since:2005-07-27
Yes, there is... it's Control Click, read my prev post. My issue is not two buttons. My issue is the developers lack of adding full functionality for single clicks.
In my example of ejecting a cdrom. The option is most certanly there, but ONLY available for right clicking. Most people do not know what the right button even does.
There is nothing wrong with 2 or 12 button mice, but the developers need to think about user interface guidelines put in place for someone that might not be as smart as self.
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2005-06-29
"I suppose that should tell you something about the useability of the user-interfaces on other platforms."
I dissagree, I'll even go so far as to say that's a typical knee-jerk reaction against having two mouse buttons and it's foundation is purely subjective, hence your total lack of facts to back such an absurde statement.
Two mouse buttons may seem foreign or poorly designed to you if you're not used to it, but to someone who is it's a convenient feature. Right clicking gives me a convenient menu with quick access to related functions for the widget my mouse is over. I don't know how Macs handle this because I haven't had a chance to use one, but I've found right clicking to be very usefull and never poorly designed beyond the layout of the menu in some software.
I'm curious, do you have something like a right click menu on your mac, or do you have to move your mouse all the way up to the menus at the top of the screen in order to get the same functionality? If your software doesn't have right click menus, getting to the functionality you want would probably involve learning hot-keys which is more work than right clicking, or moving your mouse all the way to the menus at the top of the screen which again is more work. I'd much rather have my right click menu.