Apple's eternal failure to make a decent mouse is, without exaggeration, probably the most baffling longstanding technology puzzle in the world to me.
Far from the most important mystery. But, the most baffling.
It's just bizarre because they tend to get other ergo factors right, such as making the best touchpads in the business.
Their 5-year nightmare of bad laptop keyboards was frustrating but at least there was an explanation: it seemed to pretty clearly be an artifact of Ive prioritizing thinness over functionality, and thankfully they belatedly righted themselves. The mouse situation just has no obvious explanation.
One can only imagine that the team responsible for designing the mice is some kind of third-class citizen inside Apple. But like... have the people on that team ever used their own products?!? How does that team use their own crap, and then use a Logitech mouse or even a $12 generic mouse from Amazon, and think they are competitive?
I'll bet new people go over to ask why the mice are so bad, then get chased away and give up.
I've met and worked with lots of apple developers. Many truly are fighting the good fight. Some are quite good, but wisely can only shrug about some apple-isms. You can only do so much.
But there are a few I've met that ... they are certain apple can do no wrong. sigh.
Far from the most important mystery. But, the most baffling.
It's just bizarre because they tend to get other ergo factors right, such as making the best touchpads in the business.
Their 5-year nightmare of bad laptop keyboards was frustrating but at least there was an explanation: it seemed to pretty clearly be an artifact of Ive prioritizing thinness over functionality, and thankfully they belatedly righted themselves. The mouse situation just has no obvious explanation.
One can only imagine that the team responsible for designing the mice is some kind of third-class citizen inside Apple. But like... have the people on that team ever used their own products?!? How does that team use their own crap, and then use a Logitech mouse or even a $12 generic mouse from Amazon, and think they are competitive?