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To: HerbVic who wrote (13731)	5/18/1998 1:28:00 PM
From: Jonathan Bird	Read Replies (1) of 213182

Mac OS 8.1 addresses several of those features you mentioned. No it doesn't. Not even one of them. There is some limited threading in the finder so you can erase/copy files and still have control of your machine. But it still stalls if you hold down the mouse button. I can't agree with you on the 2 button mouse You give the standard arguments. Arguments I used to use myself until I was forced to become a Win95/NT user. Turns out knowing which finger goes to which button is quite natural after a short while. Much like knowing which hand you write with. The index finger is the "main" button and middle is the "contextual" button. The second button provides much greater efficiency, especially for web surfing. And since contextual menus already work with the keyboard, Apple could support a two button mouse and you wouldn't need to use it if you couldn't learn how for some remedial reason. Plus we could use less expensive Windows pointing devices. It's a win-win all the way around really. After using a two button mouse for a while, going back to a one button mouse is like trying to use a keyboard without a tab key. Jon Bird

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