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The original 1983 Microsoft mouse 5 Feb 2007
Don't know about you, but this makes me kinda sad. I'm using the 2006 edition to pull together this blog entry and I can't help thinking that we haven't really moved on that much in the last 24 years. OK, so these days we have scroll-wheels, optical technology etc., but when you look at how video game controllers have changed over the same period...
Some will say that the two-button mouse is a design classic and therefore doesn't need to modernise. But until we get the RSI / ergonomic issues sorted, I don't think I can agree with that.
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3 comments so far
fredo 5 Feb 2007 02:40 AM
mouses work. What would you change?
Greg 5 Feb 2007 11:47 PM
Oh that's *nothing*... I want one of Doug Englebart's originals! Imagine pushing one of these round your desk - it looks like a cross between a 1960s toaster and a coffin!
Ragdoll 24 Oct 2007 08:14 PM
Yes, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks we can build a better mouse. I'm always struggling with carpal tunnel.