Comment Re:simple explanation (Score 2, Insightful) 468
I'm sure you've heard it before, but I'll say it again:
Try dealing with professors, other older folk, with a two-button mouse. Every single time you tell them to click they ask "left button or right button"! Sometimes you just want to scream "LEFT BUTTON!! ALWAYS THE STUPID LEFT BUTTON!! FORGET THE RIGHT ONE IS EVEN THERE!!!" and then 5 minutes later, just when you think they understand, they ask the same question...
So thank goodness Apple ships with default one button mice. And having a special BTO option for a two-button trackpad would be difficult for Apple to pull off...
MY SUGGESTION: A seemingly one-button trackpad, appears to have 1 button and by default functions like one button. But, for the "advanced users", you can turn it into a two-button mouse through a software config. ie, clicking on the left side left clicks, on the right side right clicks. Try it on your trackpad today -- it's not hard, especially if Apple weighted where the "presses" are so it tended to do left clicks unless you absolutely were on the right side. If pulled off correctly, it could be a very nice solution...
Try dealing with professors, other older folk, with a two-button mouse. Every single time you tell them to click they ask "left button or right button"! Sometimes you just want to scream "LEFT BUTTON!! ALWAYS THE STUPID LEFT BUTTON!! FORGET THE RIGHT ONE IS EVEN THERE!!!" and then 5 minutes later, just when you think they understand, they ask the same question...
So thank goodness Apple ships with default one button mice. And having a special BTO option for a two-button trackpad would be difficult for Apple to pull off...
MY SUGGESTION: A seemingly one-button trackpad, appears to have 1 button and by default functions like one button. But, for the "advanced users", you can turn it into a two-button mouse through a software config. ie, clicking on the left side left clicks, on the right side right clicks. Try it on your trackpad today -- it's not hard, especially if Apple weighted where the "presses" are so it tended to do left clicks unless you absolutely were on the right side. If pulled off correctly, it could be a very nice solution...
