On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:44:18 -0700, Jd Lyall <jdlyall@bounce.net>
wrote:

>I use a Kensington bluetooth for my iBook

I hate my Kensigton mouse. Batteries fall out all the time and I keep
loosing the connection.
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On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:23:15 -0500, AWilliamson wrote
(in article <i5aoa4tkcbucdbql21hc917aikbnr5heot@4ax.com>):

> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:44:18 -0700, Jd Lyall <jdlyall@bounce.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I use a Kensington bluetooth for my iBook
>
> I hate my Kensigton mouse. Batteries fall out all the time and I keep
> loosing the connection.

I have two Kensington wireless two button with scroll wheel mice which I use
with my MacBook Pro, one mouse remaining on my desktop and one goes with me
when I take the MacBook somewhere such as to a meeting or to my favorite pub.
Indeed if they are dropped the batteries might fall out, but I'll accept the
dropping as my own clumsiness. As for losing the connection that hasn't been
a problem. I do like the feel of the mouse and how my lands (I use it with
either hand) position on the mouse.

an amusing aside, there was a time when my computer was acting crazy, menus
would drop and then immediately disappear just to name one oddity. I packed
up the MacBook Pro and took it to the genius bar at the Apple store and
everything worked fine. It then dawned on me that I had left the mouse in the
carrying case on and the computer was responding to both the mouse on the
desktop and the mouse in the case that apparently had one of the buttons
pressed by the case.

--
James Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com

In article <0001HW.C4D196C5003C132FB01AD9AF@News.Individual.N ET>,
TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@mac.coom> wrote:

> And, while were speaking of two button mousies, I wonder if and when Apple
> will introduce an aluminum two button mouse that complements their excellent
> aluminum keyboards.

It seems like aluminum would feel awfully cold in your hand.

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And, while were speaking of two button mousies, I wonder if and when Apple
will introduce an aluminum two button mouse that complements their excellent
aluminum keyboards.


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On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:58:19 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote (in article
<jollyroger-E4F563.09581920082008@news.individual.net>):

> In article <0001HW.C4D196C5003C132FB01AD9AF@News.Individual.N ET>,
> TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@mac.coom> wrote:
>
>> And, while were speaking of two button mousies, I wonder if and when
>> Apple will introduce an aluminum two button mouse that complements their
>> excellent aluminum keyboards.
>
> It seems like aluminum would feel awfully cold in your hand.

Well, in a totally unscientific test performed just now, I placed my finger
on my wired aluminum keyboard, positioning it in the area to the right of the
return key, and it didn't feel cold to me. And, if Apple were to introduce an
aluminum mouse things such as the side buttons and scroll wheel could be in
the same white plastic as the keytops on the alulminum keyboard.

--
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In article <0001HW.C4D19D9F003DAE2DB01AD9AF@News.Individual.N ET>,
TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@mac.coom> wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:58:19 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote (in article
> <jollyroger-E4F563.09581920082008@news.individual.net>):
>
> > In article <0001HW.C4D196C5003C132FB01AD9AF@News.Individual.N ET>,
> > TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@mac.coom> wrote:
> >
> >> And, while were speaking of two button mousies, I wonder if and when
> >> Apple will introduce an aluminum two button mouse that complements their
> >> excellent aluminum keyboards.
> >
> > It seems like aluminum would feel awfully cold in your hand.
>
> Well, in a totally unscientific test performed just now, I placed my finger
> on my wired aluminum keyboard, positioning it in the area to the right of the
> return key, and it didn't feel cold to me.

Interesting. Mine feels cold to me initially when I touch that same
area.

> And, if Apple were to introduce an
> aluminum mouse things such as the side buttons and scroll wheel could be in
> the same white plastic as the keytops on the alulminum keyboard.

True.

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TaliesinSoft wrote:
> And, while were speaking of two button mousies, I wonder if and when Apple
> will introduce an aluminum two button mouse that complements their excellent
> aluminum keyboards.
>

I seriously doubt apple will ever make a two button mouse of any
colour... A brushed aluminium mighty mouse is a possibility though. The
standard white does kind of stand out at the moment.

Stewart

In article <g8hdci$jtr$1@scotsman.ed.ac.uk>, Stewart Smith
<nospam@ee.ed.ac.uk> wrote:

> I seriously doubt apple will ever make a two button mouse of any
> colour...

especially considering they currently ship a four button mouse.

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:14:15 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
(in article <jollyroger-DBA90F.10141420082008@news.individual.net>):

[continuing in the discussion about a hypothetical Apple aluminum mouse,
commenting on the feel of the metal on Apple's aluminum keyboard in response
to my stating that that it didn't feel cold to me]

> Interesting. Mine feels cold to me initially when I touch that same
> area.

I just now did a touch comparison between my Apple aluminum keyboard and my
Kensington wireless mouse (made of plastic) and I didn't notice any
difference in warmness/coldness.

--
James Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com

In article <0001HW.C4D19578003BC511B01AD9AF@News.Individual.N ET>,
TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@mac.coom> wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:23:15 -0500, AWilliamson wrote
> (in article <i5aoa4tkcbucdbql21hc917aikbnr5heot@4ax.com>):
>
> > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:44:18 -0700, Jd Lyall <jdlyall@bounce.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I use a Kensington bluetooth for my iBook
> >
> > I hate my Kensigton mouse. Batteries fall out all the time and I keep
> > loosing the connection.
>
> I have two Kensington wireless two button with scroll wheel mice which I use
> with my MacBook Pro, one mouse remaining on my desktop and one goes with me
> when I take the MacBook somewhere such as to a meeting or to my favorite pub.
> Indeed if they are dropped the batteries might fall out, but I'll accept the
> dropping as my own clumsiness. As for losing the connection that hasn't been
> a problem. I do like the feel of the mouse and how my lands (I use it with
> either hand) position on the mouse.

This happened to me a lot, and I finally ended up experimenting with
other mice. The batteries would fall out if I squeezed the mouse body
too hard, and the connection would frequently drop...did some research
and found out that was a common problem with the Kensington mouse I was
using (don't have the exact model number handy).

Currently I'm using a Logitech wireless mouse with extra buttons. It
uses a dongle in a USB port, which is a minus, but it never loses the
connection and the extra buttons are a big plus for me.
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In article <0001HW.C4D1A576003F8479B01AD9AF@News.Individual.N ET>,
TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@mac.coom> wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:14:15 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
> (in article <jollyroger-DBA90F.10141420082008@news.individual.net>):
>
> [continuing in the discussion about a hypothetical Apple aluminum mouse,
> commenting on the feel of the metal on Apple's aluminum keyboard in response
> to my stating that that it didn't feel cold to me]
>
> > Interesting. Mine feels cold to me initially when I touch that same
> > area.
>
> I just now did a touch comparison between my Apple aluminum keyboard and my
> Kensington wireless mouse (made of plastic) and I didn't notice any
> difference in warmness/coldness.

I'm sure both ambient temperature and personal sensitivity come into
play here.

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On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:44:18 -0700, Jd Lyall <jdlyall@bounce.net>
wrote:

>I use a Kensington bluetooth for my iBook

I hate my Kensigton mouse. Batteries fall out all the time and I keep
loosing the connection.
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Save a Tree, Save our Planet, Recycle, Think Organic

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Go on an adventure: defrag you hard disk in Windows.

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:44:18 -0700, Jd Lyall <jdlyall@bounce.net>
wrote:

>I use a Kensington bluetooth for my iBook

I hate my Kensigton mouse. Batteries fall out all the time and I keep
loosing the connection.
~*~*~*Amy mailto:awilliamson3771@charter.net~*~*~
Save a Tree, Save our Planet, Recycle, Think Organic

________________________________
Thought of the day:
Go on an adventure: defrag you hard disk in Windows.

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:23:15 -0500, AWilliamson wrote
(in article <i5aoa4tkcbucdbql21hc917aikbnr5heot@4ax.com>):

> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:44:18 -0700, Jd Lyall <jdlyall@bounce.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I use a Kensington bluetooth for my iBook
>
> I hate my Kensigton mouse. Batteries fall out all the time and I keep
> loosing the connection.

I have two Kensington wireless two button with scroll wheel mice which I use
with my MacBook Pro, one mouse remaining on my desktop and one goes with me
when I take the MacBook somewhere such as to a meeting or to my favorite pub.
Indeed if they are dropped the batteries might fall out, but I'll accept the
dropping as my own clumsiness. As for losing the connection that hasn't been
a problem. I do like the feel of the mouse and how my lands (I use it with
either hand) position on the mouse.

an amusing aside, there was a time when my computer was acting crazy, menus
would drop and then immediately disappear just to name one oddity. I packed
up the MacBook Pro and took it to the genius bar at the Apple store and
everything worked fine. It then dawned on me that I had left the mouse in the
carrying case on and the computer was responding to both the mouse on the
desktop and the mouse in the case that apparently had one of the buttons
pressed by the case.

--
James Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:23:15 -0500, AWilliamson wrote
(in article <i5aoa4tkcbucdbql21hc917aikbnr5heot@4ax.com>):

> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:44:18 -0700, Jd Lyall <jdlyall@bounce.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I use a Kensington bluetooth for my iBook
>
> I hate my Kensigton mouse. Batteries fall out all the time and I keep
> loosing the connection.

I have two Kensington wireless two button with scroll wheel mice which I use
with my MacBook Pro, one mouse remaining on my desktop and one goes with me
when I take the MacBook somewhere such as to a meeting or to my favorite pub.
Indeed if they are dropped the batteries might fall out, but I'll accept the
dropping as my own clumsiness. As for losing the connection that hasn't been
a problem. I do like the feel of the mouse and how my lands (I use it with
either hand) position on the mouse.

an amusing aside, there was a time when my computer was acting crazy, menus
would drop and then immediately disappear just to name one oddity. I packed
up the MacBook Pro and took it to the genius bar at the Apple store and
everything worked fine. It then dawned on me that I had left the mouse in the
carrying case on and the computer was responding to both the mouse on the
desktop and the mouse in the case that apparently had one of the buttons
pressed by the case.

--
James Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com