the
macintosh's new policy of
deconstructionalism, with it's
avante garde take on
ergonomics (see
form over function), has created a breed of
input devices similar in functionality to a leg or arm that ends at the joint. though in many senses, these will do the job just as well once the
user learns to work with them, the
unfamiliar interface can cause
confusion and
frustration in users not equipped with such experience.
thus, the
prosthetic mouse. (this may not be it's real name - it probably isn't.) the prosthetic
mouse slips over the end of a
g4 or
imac mouse to make it feel more like a
conventional mouse. it solves the problem of the difficultly shaped object turning itself around in one's hand and other
problems associated with mac's
ill-advised design. the one thing perhaps lacking is a
right-click button. but certainly such an addition would violate everything
macs stand for, and so users must make due with merely regaining the level of
comfort they had previously become accustomed to.