Forbes Thinks Apple Just Discovered the Right Click

Forbes has published an article by Lee Gomes which opens by exclaiming, "Stop the presses: Apple has discovered the right-click!"

The article is written in response to the announcement of the Magic Mouse. For some reason the author believes is the first Apple mouse to support a right click. In fact the article suggests that a generation of Apple users have been deprived of such a useful technology.

Gomes writes, Steve Jobs' predilection for a less-is-more aesthetic of computer design, which in other circumstances is an admirable trait. In this case, it robbed a generation of Apple users of a genuinely useful bit of hardware.


I am surprised that this article has not been pulled by Forbes yet. MacDailyNews notes that Apple's first multi-button mouse, "Mighty Mouse," debuted on August 2, 2005 and Macs have had "right-click" for over 12 years.

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