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I own a magic mouse 2. Honestly the charge port is the least of its problems. Apple does not like to put a second switch in their mice, so right clicking is don

I own a magic mouse 2. Honestly the charge port is the least of its problems. Apple does not like to put a second switch in their mice, so right clicking is done entirely in software and touch. The problem with this approach is that it's not possible to click both buttons at the same time, it also makes it harder to trigger because there's only 1 switch and it's on the left side. Plus it's just uncomfortable and has these plastic rails that make horizontal movement harder on some surfaces. It's just all around an awful mouse. Apple has frequently ignored how it works for looks and still do. They would for the longest time stick all the USB ports on the left hand side of the laptop very close together such that a larger USB stick or a 3G dongle or whatever would block your only other port. They do things like awkwardly hide the power button on the back of iMacs, no fronting facing or side mounted ports, etc.

_ph_ 5y ago
The magic mouse is by far my favorite mouse and I prefer it to the fancy Logitech MX I used before. No other mouse gets scrolling as right as the magic mouse does. Why would you want to be able to have a simultaneous left and right click? Be sure to check out BetterTouchTool to set up more guestures for the mouse, like a 3 and a 4 finger click.
- goosedragons 5y ago
  What do you like about the scrolling? It's not IMO better than a free scrolling wheel and you don't get the ability to have ratcheted scrolling which is handy for scrolling through drop down boxes or anywhere where you need to scroll an integer number of times. You need both mouse clicks at the same time to play pretty much any modern FPS and many other types of video games. When a dollar store mouse can do it I kind of expect an $80 one can. Ratcheted scrolling also helps there. There's probably other applications that need it. I shouldn't have to spend money on a third party app to fix an $80 mouse.
  - _ph_ 5y ago
    Because it scrolls both in y as well as in x direction. A lot of software supports more than one scroll direction. The magic mouse makes that a very natural swipe across the surface. With BTT, I can define all kind of guestures on the mouse (some of it can be defined with the MacOS settings, but BTT gives even more freedom). 1-4 finger clicks, 1-4 finger swipes, you name it. No other mouse offers this. For gamers, I probably wouldn't recommend the magic mouse, though I am fine with it for StarCraft. But for all other tasks, I just love it.
- robonerd 5y ago
  > Why would you want to be able to have a simultaneous left and right click? Video games.
  - gumby 5y ago
    Chording mouse clicks was common on machines at PARC and on lispms, long before the Macintosh was even designed.
    - _ph_ 5y ago
      You can do that with the magic mouse, you can have separate settings for 1,2,3,4 finger clicks, equally for swipes with 1-4 fingers.

_ph_ 5y ago

The magic mouse is by far my favorite mouse and I prefer it to the fancy Logitech MX I used before. No other mouse gets scrolling as right as the magic mouse does. Why would you want to be able to have a simultaneous left and right click? Be sure to check out BetterTouchTool to set up more guestures for the mouse, like a 3 and a 4 finger click.

goosedragons 5y ago
What do you like about the scrolling? It's not IMO better than a free scrolling wheel and you don't get the ability to have ratcheted scrolling which is handy for scrolling through drop down boxes or anywhere where you need to scroll an integer number of times. You need both mouse clicks at the same time to play pretty much any modern FPS and many other types of video games. When a dollar store mouse can do it I kind of expect an $80 one can. Ratcheted scrolling also helps there. There's probably other applications that need it. I shouldn't have to spend money on a third party app to fix an $80 mouse.
- _ph_ 5y ago
  Because it scrolls both in y as well as in x direction. A lot of software supports more than one scroll direction. The magic mouse makes that a very natural swipe across the surface. With BTT, I can define all kind of guestures on the mouse (some of it can be defined with the MacOS settings, but BTT gives even more freedom). 1-4 finger clicks, 1-4 finger swipes, you name it. No other mouse offers this. For gamers, I probably wouldn't recommend the magic mouse, though I am fine with it for StarCraft. But for all other tasks, I just love it.
robonerd 5y ago
> Why would you want to be able to have a simultaneous left and right click? Video games.
- gumby 5y ago
  Chording mouse clicks was common on machines at PARC and on lispms, long before the Macintosh was even designed.
  - _ph_ 5y ago
    You can do that with the magic mouse, you can have separate settings for 1,2,3,4 finger clicks, equally for swipes with 1-4 fingers.