Tech

A mighty month

After using my

It's this scroll ball that's made me realise how much I'm used to the mouse now. At work I keep finding myself trying to roll the scroll wheel of my PC mouse left and right. Those web pages which are just a few pixels too wide for the window now irritate me like mad on the PC whereas on the Mac with the new mouse they're swiftly navigated.

Scrolling hasn't inflamed my hand either - something I'd feared from past experience. I can't say so much whether this is the result of good ergonomic design on Apple's part or new ways of working that I've adopted over the past few years.

Considering the mouse now I realise that I almost never "squeeze the sides" to invoke Exposé. I'd actually forgotten this feature existed. Given that from day one I described this as a "horrible experience" I'm not surprised.

All in all, it's a great mouse to work with. I still don't believe a multi-button mouse is necessary for driving a Mac. (And come to think of it, I rarely "right-click" this one.) But for the scroll ball alone the mouse has certainly been a worthwhile investment.