http://gigaom.com/apple/scroll-different-mouse-engineering-moves-up-top/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:53:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/apple/scroll-different-mouse-engineering-moves-up-top/#comment-338271 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:54:36 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13536#comment-338271 Great designs. I think I need to exchange one of these for my old wired mouse. Informative article.

]]> http://gigaom.com/apple/scroll-different-mouse-engineering-moves-up-top/#comment-338270 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:46:10 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13536#comment-338270 [...] However, most engineering effort with computer mice has been directed toward I/O interface (ADB, USB) and tracking sensor (optical, laser) advances and more recently wireless technologies (RF, Bluetooth), as well as improved ergonomics. Multi-button mice with scroll wheels became the standard configuration (although not with Apple mice) in the mid-’90s, popularized by Microsoft’s IntelliMouse Explorer, but with a few exceptions like the minuscule trackball on Apple’s 2005 Mighty Mouse, scrolling hardware technology didn’t change much between 1996 and 2006 when Logitech unveiled its MicroGear Precision Scroll Wheel. (more…) [...]

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