Over the past month I’ve been trying to make the transition from my old windows environment to an OSX environment. Part of the transition involved buying a Magic Mouse. Apple’s Magic Mouse is definitely a very interesting device. It is a very accurate mouse with the added capability of a gesture enabled touchpad. While I like it, the negatives are over powering the positives… at least for me.
- It seems too small, at least for my hand.
- While you can scroll by using the integrated trackpad, there is no out of the box concept of a middle click. I don’t use that when coding, but I sure use it alot when browsing the web. I was able to get it back by installing the 3rd party tool “BetterTouchTool.”
- The integrated trackpad is over half of the device. I find that I mistakenly activate it alot.
- The single action of the device whether right or left clicking is irritating. Maybe its just the size of the device that makes this seem irritating.
While I think it maybe great for some people, I’m not sure they are great for everyone. While I am not going to get rid of mine, I am starting to use my old Microsoft Mouse more often again. About the only thing I miss about the Magic Mouse is the trackpad scrolling.