Eliska wrote:
Many Macintosh mice don’t even have a right click button BTW.
No but they all have Ctrl + click
Are there any other things you need to know about a Mac mouse? The instructor blew off my objection and only mentioned the ctrl + click thing
Eliska,
Really it makes no difference what you use/learn on. It’s purely a personal preference as I see it. Probably the greatest problem you’ll have is the companies/places/individuals that don’t know it doesn’t matter, and give you no latitude to change if you want to. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve been told by people including tech-support types that they didn’t think me buying a 2-, 3- etc. button mouse was a good idea, because Macs use one button…
I’ve used Macs since 1989, and taught class on PC for the last couple of years… and the differences are moot. I’m still not really sure why Mac continues to ship exclusively a one button mouse, although the new oval one-button smoky optical is probably as sexy as a computer Mouse is ever going to get ;D.
Sure you can use key combinations to achieve the results, but it’s notable the Mac OS has supported multi-button all for as long as I’ve used them. I bought my first Rollerball 3-button Kensington 10 years ago. One of my Macs still has it’s original 1-button, however my main mouse of choice is currently a Genius 2-button Optical Rollerball… and as far as I’m aware all Apple graphic apps support multi-button use as well.
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Regards
Christopher Dillon
Onemouse .-‘
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