Why I hate my mouse
Mighty Mouse
(Credit: Apple)Before I bought my iMac, the vast majority of my work was done on a notebook, so I never was forced to use a mouse. I used to be an all-desktop guy back in the late '90s and found that most of the time, the rubber ball worked quite well. Today? No such luck.
I hate every mouse I own. I own a wired and wireless Mighty Mouse (yuck!) and a wired laser mouse from Logitech that should have been burned years ago. But it doesn't end there. When I go to a friend's house and use a mouse, the slow movement and sticky right click button should be taken out back and shot.
Is it just me or are mice just plain awful? If you ask me, mice are on the way out. Not only do they work marginally better than a trackball or other useless pointing devices, touch screens are the wave of the future. There's no doubt in my mind that within the next decade, every computer and other tech device will be running with the help of a touch screen. I can't wait.
Mice are awful, disgusting, pitiful, useless, poor excuses for useful technology. If you don't have a nice mouse pad underneath it, you better run out and find one because the mouse won't work. If the batteries die on a wireless mouse, go out and get some Duracells. And by goodness, if for some reason, the ball is stuck or the laser is covered, don't even try to navigate your way to your favorite site! Sorry, you knew a shameless plug was coming eventually, didn't you?
Mice need to see their way out and get out of this business. They were great in the '90s--it's over. Give it up.
And on that note, back to some more right clicks. Ugh.
Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has written about everything from HDTVs to computers to Flowbee Haircut Systems. Don is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and posts at The Digital Home. He is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.
So you want to take your hands off the keyboard and travel even farther to control your computer? Not to mention how messy that would become. Your clean easy to see monitor would need to be cleaned much more often. I can't stand for anyone to touch my monitor now. Guess I'll have to get over that.
I thought you were going to complain about something that made sense like the fact with that sometimes when you left click a Mighty Mouse it sometimes registers a right click. This is probably due to the way it "naturally" shifts left in your hand but still, poor design. It doesn't really fit the hand properly does it!
Or maybe how OS X is a great operating system but there are not enough keyboard equivalents. (Right click anyone?) That forces us to use mouse. Now that's just awful!
The mouse has its problems and touch screens may be coming but it won't be the perfect technology either.
No, the mouse will be around for quite awhile. They do need some major improvements, the first is being engineered not to break, but that is the manufacturing culture of the world right now. I sure they will continue to evolve with technology, but I dont see them going anywhere.
- You have got to be crazy!
- by nashashmi August 31, 2007 9:22 PM PDT
- I agree with you that it is very hard to find the best mouse. I hate every mouse i have ever had except one. But Mice are important and wont go away. they are quicker than touch screens could ever be. A touch screen is good only for drawing and very specific things, but not for productivity.
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(4 Comments)The one only mouse i have had the most fun with that the whole feel of a computer really changed was a mouse made by keio now acquired by gemini. I swear you should give it a try. However, i am a bit hesitant after the company sold itself.