Timeline for Why do Macs only have one mouse button?
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| S Oct 15, 2017 at 12:00 | history | suggested | Glorfindel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 24, 2017 at 2:43 | comment | added | Bryan Oakley | it might be worth mentioning that this decision was made waaaaaay before the mouse was ubiquitous. | |
| Oct 28, 2016 at 17:37 | comment | added | Mervin | @supercat Thanks ! thats before my time so I didnt know.. | |
| Oct 28, 2016 at 16:32 | comment | added | supercat | Back in the day, one of Apple's ads touted the fact that the Mac mouse only had one button so a user didn't have to worry about pressing the wrong one. At the time, btw, PC applications were woefully inconsistent about which button should be used for what purpose. | |
| Jan 15, 2015 at 7:52 | comment | added | Pharap | @Celeritas Apple don't like to admit defeat. | |
| Jul 7, 2014 at 19:19 | vote | accept | Celeritas | ||
| Apr 25, 2014 at 4:03 | comment | added | DA01 | Hence the fact that these days, Apple mice act like 2 (or 3) button mice. | |
| Feb 23, 2014 at 20:35 | comment | added | Celeritas | But this reasoning is largely obsolete now, it's common for people to know that mice have two buttons. | |
| Feb 22, 2014 at 10:04 | comment | added | Lovis | I'd like to add that the secondary click can also be archived with pressing ctrl during the click. This is a hint that it is considered a feature for the advanced user | |
| Feb 22, 2014 at 9:02 | history | edited | Mervin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 22, 2014 at 8:55 | history | answered | Mervin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |