[sherwin]

The biggest problem I foresee here is that there would be no tactile feedback -- it's essentially the inverse of using a touch screen! You wouldn't know whether your "lift-click" actually went through or not, whereas on a normal mouse you get that very satisfying physical click as feedback.

Can anyone think of a way to get around this issue? Very cool idea by the way.

[dbenamy]

Thanks Sherwin!

It's possible to use buttons that click like normal mice buttons for the same kind of tactile feedback. The prototype happens to use buttons that don't quite click just because I had them around, and it still feel fine because I can feel when the buttons have bottomed out.

Edit: I just realized you were responding to the touch solution. In which case, I agree! :-)