Lemdro.id

2 points

1 year ago

His point is that they were 2 decades late to the party.

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Zoolander@lemmy.world

-2 points

1 year ago

His point is wrong.

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1 point

1 year ago

Wrong how? The Microsoft mouse was released in 1983 with 2 buttons. The first time Macs had a second mouse button was with OSX which was released in 2001.

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Zoolander@lemmy.world

-1 points

1 year ago

Macs have always supported right mouse clicks. They’re just unnecessary in most cases. On top of that, no one Cmd+clicks because there aren’t anymore 1-button mice since the new mice are multitouch surfaces.

So, in other words, he’s wrong for multiple reasons.

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2 points

1 year ago

I love when people are confidently wrong.

Mac’s have not “always supported right mouse clicks.” https://www.wired.com/2000/10/eek-a-two-button-mac-mouse/

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http://www.gearlive.com/index.php/news/article/why-apple-makes-a-one-buttoned-mouse-01280820/

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Zoolander@lemmy.world

1 point

1 year ago

I also love when people are confidently wrong. OS8 supported 2-button mice, along with OS9, and OSX. You’re confusing the fact that Apple’s mice didn’t have 2 buttons with whether or not any 2-button mice worked. I know because I owned one. On top of that, you can still, to this day, emulate OS8 and OS9 and use the “secondary” click.

So are you going to admit you were wrong or are you going to gaslight me and tell me I didn’t use a two-button mouse more than 2 decades ago?

“Apple supports multi-button mice. Right out of the box. Furthermore, this is not a ‘new feature’ of OS X. Support for contextual menus (the primary use for the two button mouse) have been around since OS 8.6, which is now more than seven years old. Let me repeat, Apple supports multi-button mice.”

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1 point

1 year ago

After a deep dive of research into ADB and reading about the extended mouse protocol, i relent that yes Apple did support multiple mouse buttons for a long time.

However, also seeing that Apple’s own first party multi-button mouse that supported right clicking only came out in 2005… your point is just like saying that old cars with 8-track playes supports Spotify cause i have my phone auxed into a converter.

So, factually, you’re correct. But his point still stands.

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