• GhostlyPixel@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Remember these are the same engineers who put the Magic Mouse charging port on the bottom, making the mouse unusable while you charge it

    • million@lemmy.world
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      36 minutes ago

      People treat it like a mistake but not be able to use the mouse while it’s plugged in is the entire point of the design. Right or wrong the Apple designers thought a cord drag was a bad experience and designed to prevent it.

      They probably looked at their target audience and realized there was a certain percentage of folks that would just leave the mouse on the cord 24/7 and wanted to prevent that.

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        1 hour ago

        It was very likely a designers decision. It forces the use the use case they wanted; wireless mice should be used wirelessly. I would bet they fought marketing and management to get this on the final product.

        Marketing would want the mouse they can advertise as being useable with and wireless. Female ports are easier to mount and manufacture with they have depth to set the socket. So a plug on the front is much cheaper and easier to manufacture.

        The fact the charging cable doesn’t get used in motion means it will last longer and you wouldn’t have people useing fraying cables on the front of their mouse.

        • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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          4 hours ago

          It’s better for display

          Users aren’t trying before they buy so the display is the most important aspect