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Why Is Apple So Stubbornly Against Mouse Input For The iPad? – The ‘Book Mystique

Why Is Apple So Stubbornly Against Mouse Input For The iPad? – The ‘Book Mystique

What does Apple have against mice? OK, that’s a rhetorical question. I’m referring to Apple’s continued refusal to support mouse pointing and clicking input on the iPad, despite widespread appeals from users that they give in. Apple, which ironically is the company that popularized use of computer mice back in the ’80s, now wants us to learn to get along using touch input only for […]