Clarification on MagicMouse and VoiceOver
20 October, 2009 @ 3:00 pm by LioncourtWe’ve received confirmation that the new MagicMouse, a multi-touch mouse released by Apple today as part of its desktop Mac revamp, most unfortunately does not support VoiceOver‘s new gesture-based input technology. Users who need or want this functionality will find it only available on Apple’s MacBook, MacBook Pro, iPod touch, and iPhone devices.
While this is disappointing, it is not wholly unexpected, given that the MagicMouse device is still, at its core, a mouse, and does not appear to support the more complex multi-touch capabilities of Apple’s glass trackpads or iPhone family of products.