Apple Mighty Mouse not so Mighty

Apple Mighty Mouse

I purchased the Apple Mighty Mouse for one reason – to get rid of the little USB dongle that I had to keep up with for my old Microsoft USB mouse.  Based on that one overriding goal, the Mighty Mouse was worth the purchase.  Bluetooth is sooo much better than wireless USB devices.  Also, I can sit in my living room with my laptop connected next to my 52 in Samsung LCD and still use my mouse and keyboard from about 12 feet away.

Unfortunately there are two things about the Mighty Mouse that bug the ever-loving hell out of me.  First, the middle button is great for scrolling but only WHEN IT WORKS.  After a while, the scroll feature stops functioning, and I have to push down real hard on the “wheel” and roll it back and forth for about 30 seconds before it will work again.  Second, right-clicking is a major pain and not easy at all.  I’m not aware of any deformities or paralysis in my right hand, and I still have a really hard time consistently right-clicking with the Mighty Mouse’s unified, one-button design.  I can never seem to get the right-click to work when I need it to, and I wind up left clicking on things – sometimes with very undesirable results.

I’m going to deal with those two negatives for now since the darn thing cost me $70, but eventually I’ll be looking for a better mouse with bluetooth.