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Yeah, I honestly don't get the hate about the magic mouse "Oh but you have to charge it upside down", yes. Every something like 3 months I have to stop for som

Yeah, I honestly don't get the hate about the magic mouse "Oh but you have to charge it upside down", yes. Every something like 3 months I have to stop for some 15min (if I don't remember to charge it first) to be able to use it for the rest of the day and then charge it when I'm not using It is really one complaint that's more internet meme than an actual grievance

al_borland 3y ago
For a company as obsessed with design as Apple, it's a bad design. A mouse sitting upside-down, or on its side, on a desk is not exactly elegant. Even if it's just for a short period of time every 3 months, it's still an ugly solution. It's on par with the Apple Pencil that charged in the bottom of the iPad. A MagSafe connection to the front of the mouse seems like it would be much better. I have an old AA version of the Magic Mouse, I'd much rather use that over the current Magic Mouse, though I currently use a Logitech. If they ever move the charging port off the bottom, I might give the Apple mouse another look.
- raverbashing 3y ago
  > A MagSafe connection to the front of the mouse seems like it would be much better. Yes, but even that would change the aesthetic of the mouse when right-side up. Though yes, I like your suggestion > It's on par with the Apple Pencil that charged in the bottom of the iPad. That's probably worse though. And yes I agree it is bad Basically yes, while charging upside down is ugly I think they kinda accept it because it's not "while in use" (also there might have been some space or other design constraints, etc)
  - lloeki 3y ago
    I think GP might have suggested a flush connection that would allow the mouse to stay flat and even operable while charging. In any case, given the thinness of Lightning, I still don't see how it would be impossibly ugly to have had such a connector at the top end of the mouse, turning it into a wired one during charge. The current Magic Mouse design is a compromised "plywood on the back of a chest of drawers" design. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/445621-when-you-re-a-carpenter-making-a-beautiful-chest-of-drawers https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/445621-when-you-re-a-carpen...
    - raverbashing 3y ago
      Well yeah it's not like Apple had great mouse design on Steve's days ;)
VeejayRampay 3y ago
don't be a basic fanboy, it's bad design everyone knows it's bad design

al_borland 3y ago

For a company as obsessed with design as Apple, it's a bad design. A mouse sitting upside-down, or on its side, on a desk is not exactly elegant. Even if it's just for a short period of time every 3 months, it's still an ugly solution. It's on par with the Apple Pencil that charged in the bottom of the iPad. A MagSafe connection to the front of the mouse seems like it would be much better. I have an old AA version of the Magic Mouse, I'd much rather use that over the current Magic Mouse, though I currently use a Logitech. If they ever move the charging port off the bottom, I might give the Apple mouse another look.

raverbashing 3y ago
> A MagSafe connection to the front of the mouse seems like it would be much better. Yes, but even that would change the aesthetic of the mouse when right-side up. Though yes, I like your suggestion > It's on par with the Apple Pencil that charged in the bottom of the iPad. That's probably worse though. And yes I agree it is bad Basically yes, while charging upside down is ugly I think they kinda accept it because it's not "while in use" (also there might have been some space or other design constraints, etc)
- lloeki 3y ago
  I think GP might have suggested a flush connection that would allow the mouse to stay flat and even operable while charging. In any case, given the thinness of Lightning, I still don't see how it would be impossibly ugly to have had such a connector at the top end of the mouse, turning it into a wired one during charge. The current Magic Mouse design is a compromised "plywood on the back of a chest of drawers" design. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/445621-when-you-re-a-carpenter-making-a-beautiful-chest-of-drawers https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/445621-when-you-re-a-carpen...
  - raverbashing 3y ago
    Well yeah it's not like Apple had great mouse design on Steve's days ;)

VeejayRampay 3y ago

don't be a basic fanboy, it's bad design everyone knows it's bad design