For the last quarter century or so Apple have known that their peculiar take on the mouse idea does not suit everyone. If you come from a PC or UNIX background

For the last quarter century or so Apple have known that their peculiar take on the mouse idea does not suit everyone. If you come from a PC or UNIX background then there are conventions regarding how the mouse works - context menu is right click, not some weird keyboard + mouse convention. People like me have avoided the Apple product for many reasons with the mouse problem high up the list. What I don't understand is why they have offered weirder and weirder mice over the years, all with reliability problems and ergonomic woes, with no option to just get a regular mouse. They could have hooked up with Logitech and made an Apple mouse for PC users, with the buttons in the right place and a novelty fruit logo to make it look desktop-worthy. They could have charged £25 for it and, people that have avoided the Apple cult due to the weird mouse could have been brought on-board. I know I am not alone in disliking the Apple interface, I am actually the one person that likes Ubuntu Unity, however there are lots of PC users out there that just do a job and haven't the patience/need to learn the Apple mouse oddities. At a presentation or tutorial if the machine is an Apple then the non-Apple people get stuck on basic things like using a web browser or saving a file. I am a big fan of Steve Krug's 'Don't Make Me Think!' book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Usability/dp/0321344758 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Usability/dp/0321... The problem with the Apple interface choices is that it does make me think, but not in the right way. I just want to do the task in hand and not wonder why it is that you have to hold down some cryptic key on the keyboard to do a right click. I also noted in this article how many of the failures of the various Apple mice could be ignored so easily by someone in the Apple cult. Underlying this is a problem with understanding what truly great design actually is. That really boring Logitech or Microsoft mouse is actually great design. The ergonomics are a treat as is the reliability. They have been bold enough to make something that actually works rather than something that looks pretty.