Really? I absolutely hate it :( It doesn't slide well at all on any surface I've tried, so it's so uncomfortable to use. And to make matters worse, it detects right vs left clicks quite poorly. Apple makes fantastic hardware, but in my opinion they have never once made a good mouse (and I've used every single mouse they've ever released).
And not an actual knock against the magic mouse as this is not its intended purpose, but: worst gaming mouse of all time :)
Download and install better touch tool (http://blog.boastr.net/) and you will quickly change your opinion about the Magic Mouse. It has made the Magic Mouse hands-down THE best mouse I have ever used. Combining multi-touch with a mouse surface is an incredible innovation, and I'm surprised more people haven't recognized this.
I agree about Google maps, but that is Google's defect to fix. I doubt they will.
The flatness doesn't bother me. I hold it in my fingers, thumb,ring,pinky on the edges, two fingers for driving.
The mighty mouse always annoyed me for the randomly sensitive side squeeze clicker. Of the various units I had some required a great effort to click and some would click if you looked at them sternly. I just disabled the functions for that clicker. Oh, and don't get me started on the eventual failure of the little top balls. Nothing quite so irritating as a top ball that will scroll down but not up.
Unfortunately I have to buy a new keyboard. They moved the control key and I can't keep my brain straight so I have to make my keyboards match.
Yes, it is flat but that does not matter. Your entire hand does not rest on the mouse just you fingertips. I really like the action of the accelerated scrolling with the touch interface - it hardly takes any motion at all. Right click works perfectly as you would expect and the battery lasts forever. It is really nice to be able to get multi-touch on my older macs. I think there is a way to get it working with windows but I have not tried. I bring mine everywhere with me since I generally prefer a mouse to the touchpad (even on my 15" MacPro)
If your left-click finger is resting on the left side of the mouse when right clicking it registers as a left click. Back and Forward are achievable with two-finger dragging to the left and right, but what about middle clicking?
I agree that it seems pretty magic, but at the end of the day different physical buttons are preferable to a single flat surface that affords everything; The mouse gives you no physical hints on how to use it.
I thought it was too flat to be comfortable. I'd love to be able to use gestures, but with my limited demo, I found my hand was cramping up.
Maybe I'm just use to those nicely contoured Logitech mice, though? Now that I think of it, the Magic Mouse is probably less "resting" and more "pushing" when compared to other mice...
I bought one for my wife, and ended up stealing it because of the momentum scrolling.
It's not as nice of an input device as Apple's trackpad, but it's my favorite mouse to date. (and the first Apple mouse that I actually enjoyed using.)
Agreed. I wish they would make a USB version though, it seems to really suck down batteries. I have 2 Magic Mice and except for the occasional lag and batteries, it's the best mouse I have used.
Instead, I'd love to see Apple release a bluetooth keyboard that includes a multitouch trackpad for use with Mac Minis, Mac Pros, iPads, and other devices that support multitouch.
I'd gladly use such a keyboard with my MacBook Pro, when it's sitting on my desk. Right now I'm typing on a standard Mac keyboard in my lap, and have to reach up to use the MBP trackpad.
I think if they added curvatures it would make the multi-touch gestures hard to use. Hard to do a 3-finger swipe on a curved surface because your fingers would still need to be at an angle to the surface causing you to unnaturally bend your hand upward.
Try to use a touch pad that is at a 45 degree angle away from you, you'll find your wrist straining over. I'm sure they tried a curved mouse, but then realized the touch gestures would be too painful on the wrist.
I bet you're right. With Google's Android TV project pending it wouldn't surprise me to see this at WWDC. Between games and media it seems like the obvious next step.
I think they will use as much of it as possible so that app developers will be able to easily move to the AppleTV platform.
I would suspect you'll see a new remote that uses Magic Mouse like touch tech and the new development tools will make it easy separate out the visual representation from the control interface.
I would also assume that you'll be able to use an iPad/iPod/iPhone as a remote, or multiple devices for multi-player gaming.
They could port from a touch interface to something like a cross between the Magic Mouse and the Wii controller and/or use your iPhone to interact with the screen.
I imagine whatever they do next will have to do with fixing their users' biggest problem at the moment: AT&T's horrendous network service. An interesting (possibly related?) observation is that Apple has saved up about ~$40B in cash.
I can understand why they won't, but it seems like it would be a good investment for them if they were going to stick with AT&T long-term to invest a couple bil in AT&T's network. Unfortunately since this would benefit other non-Apple devices as well, it will never happen. One can dream though.
My bet is AppleTV+Console combo, though they have burned themselves on Pippin. But then again, they burned themselves on Newton also and they brought it back as an iPhone and iPad. I guess they are determined to bring their ideas/products to light, no matter how much they wait!