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by Rob Friesel

Does anyone else find it mildly ironic that Apple – – a company practically synonymous with the GUI and “human-centered design” – – can’t seem to get it right when it comes to the mouse? Mossberg’s take on the “Mighty Mouse” gets boiled down to:

So, stop the presses: Microsoft has beaten Apple on hardware design, at least in this one case.

“First the refusal to adopt a 2-button mouse, then the hockey puck and now this?”

currently playing: Iggy Pop “Lust For Life”

About Rob Friesel

Software engineer by day. Science fiction writer by night. Weekend homebrewer, beer educator at Black Flannel, and Certified Cicerone. Author of The PhantomJS Cookbook and a short story in Please Do Not Remove. View all posts by Rob Friesel →

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