The Sun optical mice managed to be both annoying and clever - they didn't get too dirty but the effect was often the same, skipping around when they should have been smooth.
I was a fan of the Logitech TrackMan marble. (I preferred the one with the thumb wheel).
It doesn't matter that there's a trackpad on the top, because you can't use it. You'll need to curl your fingers to an uncomfortable degree and there's to little traction beneath the mouse to prevent it from slipping when using the trackpad functionality.
My guess is that the Magic Mouse needs to be close to 50% larger, certainly taller.
The Magic Trackpad however... I hope they never stop making those. That is the best input device anyone ever made. It's large, stable, precise and just a joy to use.
But, in all seriousness, I'm impressed that they were able to do this non-destructively.
I don’t know if you consider a single button a questionable decision, but the ADB II mouse was as close to perfect as the technology was able to support when it was released.
It's super clear that they don't view the traditional mouse as the intended interface to their system and expect you to use the trackpad.
> Convenient USB-C charging via a port on the bottom
Well-played..
That Star Trek IV scene was a reminder that a computer mouse isn’t as universally intuitive of a device as it might seem.
(And on a tangentially-related note—I’ve been driving a Ford Mustang convertible this weekend and the fact that some screens are touch screens and some are not has been a bit of a source for confusion to me. I think I don’t have the same issue with my Prius because there the steering-wheel cursor keys control a screen that’s on a different plane from the main dashboard. Also, I really miss my radar cruise control.)
I've seen this behavior in people that have seen other people use mouses for over a decade before, especially my Mom. It's my personal universal sign to immediately stop teaching that person anything. If you get shown a mouse move across a table like a pug, get explained that moving it up and down, left and right is a relative motion and you pick it up and wave it in the air you are just signaling that you do not want to learn.
My mom and her friends pestered me for years as a teen to show them how computers work and how to use them. When I tried to teach them the basics they were dismissive as if the computer had to conform to their way of thinking how the interaction should work. I learned to not engage with those people at all. Funnily enough, a decade later after they actually wanted to learn it they figured it out themselves.
Why would you buy a car that didn't have that, or better technology?
Presumably it's a rental.
I rented a Toyota Camry for a week. I didn't like the implementation of radar cruise control - we were driving in the hills around San Luis Obispo and the car ahead would go around a bend, the car would speed up, we'd go around the bend and the car would slam on the brakes.
I guess that if it'd been a hybrid that things would have been better since it could use regeneration rather than braking. I love adaptive cruise control in my Bolt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkqiDu1BQXY
We're living in the 80s version of the future. We have Star Trek today.
1. https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/macwhisper (dictation + transcription)
2. https://carelesswhisper.app (does dictation only, and does it really well; cheapest)
3. https://superwhisper.com (both local and hosted models + lots of bells and whistles, but much higher pricing)
It’s going to be extremely simple, and hopefully easy enough to use. MIT licensed, free
19 Dollar and Open-Source.
Hopefully VoiceInk gets there. It is a neat project and really well done for a first time dev but rough around the edges. Careless is ~20$ and if you just need dictation is the best option.
Sure, I can add to the program I have currently to make it handle "any" task, but, with how we currently operate computers, and view content, there is not a way to avoid touching the keyboard and mouse entirely. Tbh im not even sure what i could propose to improve the gui for controlling the system star trek style.
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Here's the scene for those who are unaware: https://youtu.be/90eg_erObDo?si=E0ZbU_k-H7ANLqcZ&t=179
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