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Yes, when I volunteered to help senior citizens with computers right click was something none of them knew they could do, nor could they remember it from week t

Yes, when I volunteered to help senior citizens with computers right click was something none of them knew they could do, nor could they remember it from week to week. Phones and web sites are much easier.

Terretta 7y ago
Remember how much flack Apple got from tech pundits when they got rid of the other buttons and the middle clickable scrolling wheel? “Only one button? Savages!” But Apple was acting on observation of non-expert users, democratizing computing. Today it’s interesting to see the favored device at both kindergartens and retirement homes: iPads. Yet iPad’s also fine as my daily driver. Computing is entering its appliance age.
- whoopdedo 7y ago
  They didn't "get rid of it" so to say. The Macintosh only ever had one button on the standard mouse. I can't recall any Apple computer shipping with a multi-button pointing device until the Magic Mouse.
- pmontra 7y ago
  Right click is still here, with one button and many possible modifiers https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac/right-click-3610351 https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac/right-click-3610351 I don't own a Mac so I don't know how new Mac users discover how to do it. I remember there is something like a right click on Macs and I asked how to do it last time I had to use one for a few minutes. But if there are people that don't explore a UI with a visible right button, what are they doing with invisible controls?
bananasbandanas 7y ago
I used to give basic computer courses for seniors when I was still in highschool to earn a little money. One would always let go of the mouse to click. He would position the mouse, lift his hand a few centimeters above the mouse button and then press down on it fast. Sometimes worked, mostly didn't because the mouse would move during the click. Now imagine him trying double clicks.. Another guy would make extremely detailed notes. I would show him some setting in a dropdown menu of Word, and he would perfectly draw these menues in his notebook. By the end, he probably hat 20 pages of beautiful notes, it was actually quite impressive.

Terretta 7y ago

Remember how much flack Apple got from tech pundits when they got rid of the other buttons and the middle clickable scrolling wheel? “Only one button? Savages!” But Apple was acting on observation of non-expert users, democratizing computing. Today it’s interesting to see the favored device at both kindergartens and retirement homes: iPads. Yet iPad’s also fine as my daily driver. Computing is entering its appliance age.

whoopdedo 7y ago
They didn't "get rid of it" so to say. The Macintosh only ever had one button on the standard mouse. I can't recall any Apple computer shipping with a multi-button pointing device until the Magic Mouse.
pmontra 7y ago
Right click is still here, with one button and many possible modifiers https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac/right-click-3610351 https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac/right-click-3610351 I don't own a Mac so I don't know how new Mac users discover how to do it. I remember there is something like a right click on Macs and I asked how to do it last time I had to use one for a few minutes. But if there are people that don't explore a UI with a visible right button, what are they doing with invisible controls?

bananasbandanas 7y ago

I used to give basic computer courses for seniors when I was still in highschool to earn a little money. One would always let go of the mouse to click. He would position the mouse, lift his hand a few centimeters above the mouse button and then press down on it fast. Sometimes worked, mostly didn't because the mouse would move during the click. Now imagine him trying double clicks.. Another guy would make extremely detailed notes. I would show him some setting in a dropdown menu of Word, and he would perfectly draw these menues in his notebook. By the end, he probably hat 20 pages of beautiful notes, it was actually quite impressive.