Magic Mouse Looks Impeccably Gorgeous, Feels Ridiculously Uncomfortable

By Noel Kuhlman | Oct 24, 2009

magicmouse1Apple’s new pointer peripheral, the Magic Mouse, resembles the rest of their product line: beautifully-designed and unusually styled.  Sporting a flat design and multi-touch functionality, the wireless accessory should prove an excellent companion for portable computing needs.

While the slim profile looks elegant, it makes the device difficult to use – there’s just no way to find a comfortable finger position on such a form.  The lack of physical buttons is even more irritating.  More than likely, you’ll end up with hurting fingers after using this thing for an extended period.  At the least, the buttonless, touch-sensitive design should take some amount of getting used to.

The Magic Mouse works strictly on Macs, with OS X version 10.5.8 or later.  If you have the right OS, setup is practically automatic.  Just let the hardware detect it and punch a couple of buttons.

Multi-touch is the big feature here, allowing the accessory to interface with individual applications using taps and gestures.  The entire surface is touch sensitive, so you can perform your actions from anywhere on the surface.  Some of the actions you can do are pretty cool, especially features like ability to pan 360 degrees and scrolling quickly (but fluidly) down an entire page.

While I love the multi-touch capability, the sheer hassle of using this mouse for conventional work is just not worth it.  I mean, throw a couple of buttons in there and make life really easier, why don’t you?

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