• bob_wiley@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Historically, yes. But their current mouse supports right-click, or 2 finger click on the trackpad. With the old one-button mice, Control+Click would give you a right-click function. macOS has supported 3rd party mice with multiple buttons for over 20 years.

    The one-button mouse thing was mostly a way to force developers to think about discoverability in their apps. They didn’t want a bunch of functionality hidden away in right click menus. Forcing developers to design with one-button in mind forced them to provide more discoverable ways to access all the functionality in the UI, they could also provide the right-click menu for extra speed for those who had a 2 button mouse.