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2012-02-09 16:00

Clarification on MagicMouse and VoiceOver

20 October, 2009 @ 3:00 pm by Lioncourt

We’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.

One Response to “Clarification on MagicMouse and VoiceOver”

  1. kevjazz observed:

    Too bad that Mac desktops don’t have trackpads on tehir keyboards. Seems weird that there’s functionality that a laptop has that a desktop doesn’t. That said, my wife has lived with nothing but an original Powerbook for the last seven years.

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