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The Magic Mouse
Despite the fact that this review is written two months after the launch of this item, I was adamant that I wasn’t going to just rave about this mouse because although I had enjoyed the Mighty Mouse predecessor, there had been problems that had developed in function, interaction and workflow over time.
The first time I saw this mouse, I wanted one. It is without doubt the most gorgeous of form factors on the market and something that is desirable to the eye and to the touch...but that wouldn’t have been enough to make it a good mouse.
What makes a product good is not your first impressions, its when you don’t have it and you find yourself attempting to perform the actions you had with it and that is the Magic Mouse for me.
I find myself attempting to do the ‘double finger’ swipe for forwards and backwards on the Mighty Mouse that runs the TV Mac Mini, I find myself attempting to do it again with my Macbook Pro’s Trackpad and when I don’t have the ‘inertia’ like sweep of the scrolling, it drives me MAD!
This mouse is a winner, a real winner but it is screaming for development and more interaction. Where’s the Pinch action, the Rotation movement and three and four finger gestures. And speaking as a man with large hands...can I ask that there’s a bigger version.
A Very Good Start, but there’s plenty more to do. If you do it Apple, its 5 Bagels but until then its 4. If you do nothing then this mouse will dwindle to 1 Golden Bagel and have missed what is without doubt a chance to grow on a very solid foundation.
4 Golden Bagels...for now
Author
Ewen Rankin