Apple Magic Mouse and SketchUp?
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Anyone get a chance to try the new Apple mouse with SketchUp? I am wondering how/if the middle "button" works.
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Well its amde by Apple, so it will probably have new and improved, yet simple to understand functionality, that in the end won't work at all
Chris - the anti-Mac
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Of course new mighty mouse will work beautifully - until some dust gets tangled up with the ball - then you realize that it's actually cleaning-resistant!
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@takesh h said:
Of course new mighty mouse will work beautifully - until some dust gets tangled up with the ball - then you realize that it's actually cleaning-resistant!
he's talking about the magic mouse
http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/
it has gestures, no buttons or balls or wheels.. if it doesn't work out too well, i'm sure the future iterations will... definitely a step in the right direction i think..
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ok, looking at it for real now. I feel less confident than I did in my original post.
There is no middle click. It only barely supports 2 buttons - this is on their website:
@unknownuser said:
Two-button click
Magic Mouse functions as a two-button mouse when you enable Secondary ClickSo it will let you have a right button, AFTER you enable it. Mac still has no clue how people need to be able to use their mice. Looks great, possibly even a step in the right direction. But its only marginally better than the original Mac "Mash Here" single button mouse. Oh Apple.....
Chris
(I'm sure I'll be proven wrong in time. Hopefully its not as bad as it appears. At which point, I will quickly come back and delete these childish ranting posts
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@chris fullmer said:
(I'm sure I'll be proven wrong in time. Hopefully its not as bad as it appears. At which point, I will quickly come back and delete these childish ranting posts
)Too bad you are a moderator, Chris. I could lock the topic otherwise (or your post at least) and the proof would remain here forever.
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chris, you're sounding like a dos guy in 1984 talking about how ridiculous apple was for their implementation of the mouse/gui
i dunno, thinking ahead a little, there won't be a need for any buttons at all.. want to orbit a model? just sort of grab it and spin it etc...
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I think it has potential
How hard could it be for them to, once they realize its needed, update the software to allow for a three finger click or click left and right at same time to function as a third button.
it just looks so beautiful i want to get it. darn apple and their aesthetics.
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I think itd be an idea to wait and actually try one. Personally im not overly optimistic but then it might work really well. Hard to say with something so different.
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@unknownuser said:
he's talking about the magic mouse
Hey that's not a bad idea...
So they saw a problem in the scrolling ball too, right?
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in my opinion apple has done it again: a touch mouse before anyone else. if it does not work perfectly now it certainly will soon.
people should not be prejudiced against something they do not know fully. of course, this mouse has a second button. and more, it can be customized to do what you want, even to be a one-button mouse.
i am also curious to see if it has a third button but there is no reason it should not, as the mighty mouse has one.
the mighty mouse is cleanable, for sure. just rub the little scroll ball on paper.
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speaking of new apple products, the new iMac is looking super legit..
2.8 quad i7 w/ 27" display for $2200.. that's considerably cheaper than my mac pro was (no display) and it's going to out preform mine..or, a SU only configuration could be the dual 3.06 for $1700..
all the new imac ship with this magic mouse thing so they probably have it working well by now.. generally, apple doesn't ship halfassed products..
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I am sure it will work beautifully, just like the touch pad on my MacBook Pro, but I cannot imagine it will be great with SU.
I need lots of buttons so I shall stick with my fantastic Logitech Revolution.
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FYI I bit the proverbial-bullet and bought a Magic Mouse. I have a MacBook Pro from last year (i.e. the one that had a button on the track-pad) and run Mac OS X as well as Bootcamp + Windows XP Pro SP3.
So this versus my previous experience, the Mighty Mouse (wireless), the Magic works just fine on Snow Leopard(!) after of course installing the appropriate Apple's update. The drag is there's no wheel-click, which for us it means no 3D Orbit from the mouse. In addition, on the Windows-side (I need to run AutoCAD & am beta-testing Rhino 5) it's almost useless. It does not yet have any of the multi-touch features, it barely works to navigate and single-click (i.e. as a one-button mouse). Ay ay ayyyy! I tried to run an update, and sort of gave up on it.
In conclusion, I nevertheless have high hopes 'someone' at Apple will realize that the Magic Mouse relative its predecessor, the Mighty Mouse, is a downgrade: it lost functionality (the wheel-click) and with it a whole bunch of Sketch-uppers (as well as the Boot-campers) will presumably opt-out. Given that almost the whole top shell is a multi-touch track-surface it shouldn't be surprising they'll add or enhance this ability at a future iteration.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
. Diego .
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I was suspecting we would lose the middle click with the magic mouse, you are proving me correct. That is until an update let's you do it... i dream of an orbit available landing two fingers on the mouse...
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It's a bit awkward without the middle button but there is always command - control to temporarily activate orbit from any tool, plus shift to bring in pan.
I suppose that'll have to do for now.. -
I found a third party application that allows one to add new commands for the magic mouse. I added a three finger click and assigned it the command 'Middle Click.' Started Sketchup and now I have the middle click functionality back.
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