Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: No. 1 paid utility in Mac App Store steals browser history, sends it to Chinese server Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 06:51:16 -0700 Lines: 53 Message-ID: References: <4a010466d8bf0797547c4cd089c0402f@dizum.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net PkBKXVFY/BDc85zF5BO42g0mMHFe40O+nvKFrhMOxYL15DQFQa Cancel-Lock: sha1:TwzTR25bkcnCP7pUjbJB/neGxLk= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.13; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:118120 comp.os.linux.advocacy:466957 alt.comp.os.windows-10:74357 On 9/11/18 6:47 PM, Your Name wrote: > On 2018-09-11 21:47:25 +0000, Snit said: >> On 9/11/18 1:46 PM, Your Name wrote: >> ... >>>>>>> There have certainly been worse mice from Apple and other makers. >>>>>>> The silly "squeeze me" button on the later Apple mouse was a much >>>>>>> sillier idea and a complete pain in the backside - I always >>>>>>> switched that off on every Mac I set-up for people. Apple's Magic >>>>>>> Mouse can also be a nuisance since you can't rest your fingers on >>>>>>> it without it thinking you are making touch gestures (another >>>>>>> "feature" to always turn off). >>>>>> >>>>>> They have not made a decent mouse in a long, long time. >>>>> >>>>> The Mighty Mouse was fine, although people who don't wash their >>>>> hands had problems with the trackball getting gunked up. >>>>> >>>>> The Magic Mouse is okayish, apart form the silly touch gestures. It >>>>> is a bit too low profile and seems to have a tendency to pinch your >>>>> fingers underneath it. >>>> >>>> To be fair, in part my distaste for it comes from my uncommon >>>> desires in a mouse. I use an eight button mouse so I have "back" and >>>> "forward" buttons, a "hide / show" button, a "hide app" button, etc. >>> >>> Apple's Magic Mouse (and a couple of copy-cat mice) has sort-of >>> infinite "buttons" thanks to it's silly touch sensitive top and >>> gesture controls ... as long as you can remember what the >>> ten-finger-tap-and-swipe actually does, don't accidentally do a >>> nine-finger-tap-and-swipe, and can set it up in a way that ignores >>> simply resting your fingers on it. >> >> You also cannot, at least with the Apple driver, set it up to work >> differently in different programs. I do that with the middle button, >> the "next" / "previous" buttons, and the "hide" button. Similar >> meaning but different key strokes. >> >>      > > I don't know if Better Touch Tool can do per-app settings. > > > I did not know that... thanks. Might look into it. -- Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger. They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.