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TIL Apple created a custom mouse colloquially nicknamed ‘the hockey puck’, that lasted for only two years, 1998-2000, before it was discontinued in favor of a more traditional shape. It is considered one of Apple’s more notorious flops.
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I remember our library had these at the time.
My dad had one of these. Worst fucking thing but at least U didn’t need it to play nanoraptor.
They came color matched to whatever iMac they were. They were fine for Childs hands I suppose, I was a kid during those times. Remember them, and stealing the mouse balls…. I could see them not being ergonomic at all for adults, and a single button design is no bueno
I hated these fucking mice in the computer labs at Virginia Tech.
I had the orange one, it was replaced with an Intellimouse Explorer from MS. Best mouse ever made
No way to know just by touch which way was up.
I was born after it came and went; can anyone tell me what was wrong with it?
These were the design for a 90s office. Colour! Like the mouse now, fashion before function.
Fucking UX disaster.
“Oh let me move the cursor up… oh weird it’s going diagonally? Hahah that’s hilarious – a mouse that’s impossible to intuitively orient LOL”
Had to suffer through these at my highschool.