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But there's no easy and obvious way to make a good cable connector that will make the mouse usable during charging. You could add a connector that works somewha
by leoc 7y ago
But there's no easy and obvious way to make a good cable connector that will make the mouse usable during charging. You could add a connector that works somewhat poorly, on the theory that those shortcomings don't matter since the mouse will only be plugged in occasionally and briefly. But if you do that then many users will in fact leave the mouse plugged in permanently, "just in case", effectively transforming it, in their experience, from a nice wireless mouse to a dodgy wired mouse. (It's much the same story if you add a connector which is mechanically robust and doesn't make the mouse feel horrible to use while in use, but makes it laborious to plug and unplug the cable.) Now you could argue that the decision to avoid that is patronising design, or manipulative design, or design that doesn't respect the user's authority. But it's not an obvious mistake, at least.
- idlewords 7y agoOf course it's an obvious mistake. That's why people laugh out loud when they see the photo of the thing charging.
- leoc 7y ago> That's why people laugh out loud when they see the photo of the thing charging. That's why it's an apparent mistake. It's only an obvious mistake if there's an obviously—and really, not just apparently—better solution.
- r00fus 7y ago> But if you do that then many users will in fact leave the mouse plugged in permanently, "just in case", effectively transforming it, in their experience, from a nice wireless mouse to a dodgy wired mouse. I had a reasonably cheap wireless mouse back in the early 2000s which could take rechargable lithium batteries and charge them with a wire that also allowed me to use the mouse at the same time. I'm no power user, that device lasted me years and the reason it's still not used all the time is the cable frayed and died after 10 years.
- TazeTSchnitzel 7y agoWhat's wrong with being able to use it as a wired mouse? Apple's bluetooth keyboard can be used as a wired keyboard for people that want that or in emergencies.