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To: Doren who wrote (57173)	9/18/2006 4:12:58 PM
From: KeepItSimple	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

The thread over on cnet about the one button on the macbooks is pretty hilarious.. One guy finally came out admitted that there are NO reasons to ever have more than one mouse button, ever, on any machine: reviews.cnet.com ------------------ KeepItSimple is right on this one. The one button mouse policy has been derided by 90% of users for some time.

To: Doren who wrote (57173)	9/18/2006 7:34:16 PM
From: Stock Puppy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

I'll emphasize my last sentence: For quite a while (back to the OS 7 days?) you could buy a two or three button mouse from third parties and simply program the buttons to do option and control clicks. However I do agree that it should have been available from Apple, as a package option, to those who wanted it in the past - with a one button mouse as the default. Apple would have quickly seen whether or not a multi button mouse was desired by the masses. My personal - I like one buttoned mouse. I prefer it for most applications. Some applications do need a two button mouse though (you should see one of my graphics app - zoom, move rotate in various dimensions all with either various combos of mouse buttons or the shift option control dance. ) SO sometimes you feel like a button button mouse, sometimes you don't. Thats why you need foot pedals :-)