🚀 go-pugleaf

Thought i'd throw in my own two cents, cuz i have a problem with one-button
mice that i haven't seen mentioned.

I've used a number of MACs in my life.  It's real easy.  I don't even bother
with the manuals anymore.  But i haven't bought a MAC, because i'd rather not
use a system in which all commands are entered through a mouse.  

I've also use vaxstations a lot (three button mice).  I get confused sometimes,
and have to check manuals, and make little notes to myself.  But i haven't
exhausted the interface capabilities of the mouse.  If i took a little time, 
i could be much more productive because there's a lot more you can do with
that mouse.  (There's an unrelated reason why i haven't worked at using the
mouse much -- i dial up a fair amount to the system i use, and with a vt100
there isn't a mouse, so i have to learn how to do everything without a mouse
anyway.)

Currently, i'm helping a friend write an arcade-style game on for the
vaxstation (it's really neat -- you have to see it sometime!).  (sorry --
mandatory plug.)  It would be totally impossible to port it to a MAC.  Any
MAC.  Specifically because there's no way one could change the interface to
use a one button mouse and still have a useable game.  For a real time
interface, you can't have the user crtl-click, or shift-click, or
ctrl-alt-click or whatever.  Yes, it takes a bit of time to learn, to use all
three buttons, but it would take far longer to learn how to get the same 
amount of control in the same amount of time from a combination of keyboard
and mouse.  (Particularly since there are keyboard controls as well...)

The one button mouse is good, and easy to use, but in some cases it just
does not provide enough simple interfaces.

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michael j zehr
"My opinions are my own ... as is my spelling."