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Re:Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015) by Terretta on Friday October 25, 2019 @01:07AM (#21352075)
Remember how much flack Apple got from tech pundits when they got rid of the other buttons and the middle clickable scrolling wheel? “Only one button? Savages!” But Apple was acting on observation of non-expert users, democratizing computing.

Today it’s interesting to see the favored device at both kindergartens and retirement homes: iPads.

Yet iPad’s also fine as my daily driver.

Computing is entering its appliance age.

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Re:Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015) by whoopdedo on Friday October 25, 2019 @01:23AM (#21352136)
They didn't "get rid of it" so to say. The Macintosh only ever had one button on the standard mouse. I can't recall any Apple computer shipping with a multi-button pointing device until the Magic Mouse.
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Re:Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015) by pmontra on Friday October 25, 2019 @01:33AM (#21352169)
Right click is still here, with one button and many possible modifiers

https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac/right-click-3610351

I don't own a Mac so I don't know how new Mac users discover how to do it. I remember there is something like a right click on Macs and I asked how to do it last time I had to use one for a few minutes. But if there are people that don't explore a UI with a visible right button, what are they doing with invisible controls?

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