An engineer hacked Apple’s infamous Magic Mouse to make it more user-friendly, ergonomic, and overall less annoying. Ivan Kuleshov is the said engineer, and he has also hacked the Apple Mac Mini in the past to be powered over Ethernet.

    • AttackPanda
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      14
      ·
      1 year ago

      I’ve been bitten by this. I’ve gotten a battery warning in the AM at the start of a day and had my mouse die in the early afternoon. It’s annoying that I can’t just charge it while working so I had to dig around for another mouse and use that while it charged. I hate that I have to check the charge on it and then forget after a while because it does last a long time. So it’ll die on me and I’ll get good about checking charge for a few days and then forget for a while and boom it happens again. If Apple sold this config I would definitely replace my current mouse with a better design.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        1 year ago

        Logitech had the foresight to put a little light on their devices that lets you know when the battery is low. But I guess that would ruin the sleek form factor.

        • aard@kyu.de
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          3
          ·
          1 year ago

          Which is not that useful for a device I don’t really look at, and is covered by my hand when in use. I can continue using my trackball while it is charging, though.

          • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            1 year ago

            It is covered by your hand because it has bad ergonomics.

            Good mouses have plenty of space for lights.