NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/sys/mac/advocacy/3474

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.advocacy
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Multiple button mice vs keys(was:Macintosh advocacy (really!))
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Sender: [e-mail]
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Organization: Digital Technology, International
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 00:47:57 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
> In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says:
> >
> >I have a NeXT, which ships with a two-button mouse.  As shipped, the default
> >configuration for the NeXT is that the right button does exactly the same
> >thing
> >as the left.  Hence, in the default configuration, the mouse is essentially
a
> >one-button mouse.  However...
> >
> >In my current preferred configuration, I have the application menu dragged
> >completely off the screen (i.e., more screen real-estate for the app), plus
I
> >have the right mouse button configured to pop the menu up under the cursor
> >whenever I push the button.  Thus, the application menu is instantly
> >accessable
> >where ever the mouse is, without having to go to the title bar like other
> >like other systems require (and NO monitor is ever BIG enough!), I guess you
>
> Please someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I've learned the following from
> this group:
> You are making a big mistake with that configuration 'cause Apple's says
> the way the MAC is operated (which is NeXT's factory default) is the easiest
> possible way. Everything else is less ergonomic. I.e. you can't even know you
> have a system menu when you can't see it on the screen. Having a popup menu
> with no visible clue is misleading.
> So working with your configuration is harder than necessary, I suggest you
> change it back to factory default.
>
> If your experience is contrary to what Apple says, its your fault not
Apple's.
>
> Michael Bode

Bahahahahahaha...., that's funny. :-)

So, how about it everyone.  If your experience doesn't EXACTLY coincide with
how Apple tells you your experience should be, then you're all wet behind the
ears!-- according to Apple.

Is that the way it is?  Both myself and Michael would like to be corrected if
we're wrong. :-)

But (as I try to wipe the smile off my face and get a little more serious), I
much prefer the one-button mouse approach used by Apple than the multi-button
mouse as Sun (OpenWindows or Sunview) and DEC (DECWindows) use it.  And, I had
a DECStation on my desk at work for a couple of months, and a Sparc on my desk
for 2.5 years, so I had plenty of time to "get used to it" (I actually grew to
like DECWindows more than Sunview or OpenWindows-- and used it less).  But, I
sure love the way NeXT implemented the 2nd button (as a menu pop-up button
according to a user-configurable option), and I would HATE to go back to my old
"one-button" mouse default NeXT configuration.

--
Nevin Pratt, Digital Technology, Int'l    Orem, Ut
NeXTmail preferred, but ONLY at my REAL email address: [e-mail]

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