I have grown very accustomed to the control-click motion for 'right' clicking. I don't think right-clicking is very alien, at least in the programs I use.
Occasionally I plug in a two-button mouse, but that's limited to fairly specific occasions when I'm actually mousing around. Most of the time I am either scrolling or keyboarding.
Two fingers on the mousepad+click make right clicking pretty easy. Alternately, you can make clicking on the bottom right of the trackpad into a right click. The trackpad prefpane gives you a pretty good array of options to customize its behavior.
Yes I've discovered two fingers=right-click so now it's not so bad although I really miss middle clicking links to open them in a new tab instead of command+T or right-click (Apple Magic Mouse) then select open in a new tab.
It's like I tell people new to Linux that it's not Windows don't expect it to be like that so I should be telling myself Apple isn't like Linux even though they appear similar.
The applications seem to be made with single clicking in mind which would make sense considering Apple's fondness for single button mouses/mice and trackpads.
Overall the experience so far has been enjoyable, it's nice to learn new things.
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I have grown very accustomed to the control-click motion for 'right' clicking. I don't think right-clicking is very alien, at least in the programs I use.
Best of happiness in your new Mac!
Are you using a one-button mouse, or no mouse whatsoever? OS X is pretty right-click friendly out of the box.
No mouse. Laptop.
Occasionally I plug in a two-button mouse, but that's limited to fairly specific occasions when I'm actually mousing around. Most of the time I am either scrolling or keyboarding.
Two fingers on the mousepad+click make right clicking pretty easy. Alternately, you can make clicking on the bottom right of the trackpad into a right click. The trackpad prefpane gives you a pretty good array of options to customize its behavior.
Yes I've discovered two fingers=right-click so now it's not so bad although I really miss middle clicking links to open them in a new tab instead of command+T or right-click (Apple Magic Mouse) then select open in a new tab.
It's like I tell people new to Linux that it's not Windows don't expect it to be like that so I should be telling myself Apple isn't like Linux even though they appear similar.
The applications seem to be made with single clicking in mind which would make sense considering Apple's fondness for single button mouses/mice and trackpads.
Overall the experience so far has been enjoyable, it's nice to learn new things.
"I really miss middle clicking links to open them in a new tab"
Hold down CMD while clicking (or the Apple Key as its popularly known).
Sweet!
Apple's mice have had right-click for a good number of years.