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

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...