So i caved and bought a Magic Mouse. I’ve been using it for about a week now and surprisingly don’t hate it. In fact i actually kind of like it. My only complaint is that Apple didn’t do more with multi-touch. Currently you can right-click, scroll, and navigate back/forward in certain apps.
Maybe i’m just spoiled by the MacBook Pro’s touchpad but i really miss being able to 4-finger swipe to open Exposé. Granted fitting four fingers on a Magic Mouse would be a bit of a pain but i still feel like more could have been done with the mouse.
On the plus side the right-click functionality doesn’t feel as awkward to me as the Mighty Mouse did, however i find myself trying to two-finger click for right-click sometimes as thought it were a touchpad. An option for middle-click would be really nice (three-finger click?) as i’m getting tired of seeing the “open in new tab” context menu in Safari.
All-in-all a decent product and so far i’m not writhing in pain from RSI as i expected i would be with all the gesturing.
The lack of four finger exposé kills it for me.
Oh, and I want it to track faster.
Overall though? It’s one of their best yet. (It’s just not replacing my trusty, corded, Microsoft Optical Intellimouse!)
I was debating admitting that i’m still in love with the Intellimouse, glad to see someone beat me to it!