Re:Jony Ive’s Mistakes: When Beautiful Design Is Bad Design
by specialist on Monday July 15, 2019 @10:46AM
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Ya, the belly port is ridiculous.
After long distain, I finally adapted to the Magic Mouse:
Movable trackpad.
I now nudge it around a bit and then take my hand off to do the gestures on the top surface. Previously, I tried to continue holding it while doing gestures, and it's way too small for my hands.
I still prefer the trackpad, but now the Magic Mouse feels usable.
The problem is that in order to produce the beautiful silhouette, they put the charging port on the bottom. I never seem to remember to charge the thing, so it’s always needing to be plugged-in. And then you can’t use.
What I find bonkers about this is that mice were wired for the majority of their existence, so it’s not like this was a hard one to figure out. They just chose to go with what looked nice.
It is pretty, though.