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Wow, I forgot how much I disliked the original iMac hockey puck. That said, my least favorite of these (taking into account their contemporaries) is the Mighty
by troygoode 13y ago
Wow, I forgot how much I disliked the original iMac hockey puck. That said, my least favorite of these (taking into account their contemporaries) is the Mighty Mouse - that little ball was awful.
Oh, and this visualization is of course very slick. I was not expecting to be as wowed by the animated transitions as I was...
- LanceH 13y agoYea, mouse ball that can't be cleaned, thanks Apple.
- nwh 13y agoSoak some toilet paper in alcohol, run the mouse upside down over it, then admire the smear of black dirt that comes off the roller.
- nwh 13y agoThe hockey puck mouse got a nice introduction though, check the applause Jobs gets when he shows it off — http://youtu.be/0BHPtoTctDY?t=6m25s http://youtu.be/0BHPtoTctDY?t=6m25s
- judk 13y agoAh, the bad old days of launching products that demoed well instead of worked well.
- pedalpete 13y agoThe one that came after the hockey puck wasn't much better. I haven't used an Apple mouse in a long time, but I was always amazed at how a company known for design could do so poorly with the most important input device (for desktop).
- leoc 13y agoThe shape of the (first-gen) ADB mouse looks a little bit off, though maybe that's just a result of the projection being used.
- Samuel_Michon 13y agoMost of them are off, actually. Look at the button on the ADB II mouse.
- Xixi 13y agoEverybody hated the iMac hockey puck as you call it, but I actually quite liked it, the reason being that it was quite heavy! I've been using a mighty mouse at work recently (after a stupid incident involving coffee...), and let me just say this: that little ball in the middle is an unmitigated disaster.
- dzhiurgis 13y agoI kinda like the 360 scrolling.
- mistercow 13y agoI agree. I'm so used to it from two finger scrolling on a trackpad that I get frustrated if I use a mouse with a simple scroll wheel.
- rz2k 13y agoThe scrolling ball needs to be regularly cleaned by turning the mouse upside down and rolling it on a clean piece of paper. When it is dirty it will seem like it is broken and only track in one direction.