One finger scroll pan (vertically and horizontally).It's a little subtle, but you can play each video with the little blue play button on the left (they look like bullet points.) It's got a nice side-car window with a lopping video showing you how to do each gesture. The software is a new tab called Touch within the Mouse control panel. I haven't have any issues with poor tracking mice in the last several years since the optical-super-laser-whatever technology came out and this mouse is no exception. It really tracks perfectly, as it should. I don't need to use a mousepad with this mouse, but I always use a WowPad because they make any mouse work better. It's also extremely responsive and tracks on darn near anything. The tracking uses the newer BlueTrack system rather than the Red-light system most of my mice use. I suspect if I opened it up I'd find a small lead weight inside to give it just a smidge of heft. While the nano receiver has a home inside the base of the mouse for storage, it's unfortunate that there isn't an option for using Bluetooth as I need another nano receiver like I need a hole in the head. There's a nano receiver and batteries are included. You open the box by pulling the lid all the way off and releasing the mouse from it's stand. Inside the lid is directions on how to use the primary gestures. There's even a little magnet to hold the lid down. The package opens up with a multi-fold lid like a treasure chest to expose the mouse beneath a clear cover. It's really nice to see Microsoft getting packaging right in a way that isn't a copy of Apple's packaging. The packaging and OOBE (Out of Box Experience) is cherry. Take a mouse that works like you'd think a mouse should, then add a number of multi-touch gestures so your mouse is everything a mouse is PLUS basic gestures you use with a touchpad or phone. I REALLY want to like the Microsoft Touch Mouse. Sometimes it just makes you happy to refresh the stuff you use every day. Getting a new mouse or a new keyboard is a great inexpensive way to fundamentally change your computing experience. I've tried dozens of keyboards and mice, and many webcams. I don't have any vested interest in this mouse and I paid for it myself. That said, I don't know anyone in hardware. I work for Microsoft on the Web Platform team. VirtualAcorn would like to thank Paul Skirrow for providing the solution to this problem.First, a disclaimer. VirtualAcorn will not be able to offer any support on the use of MagicPrefs. For help with using MagicPrefs please consult the documentation supplied with the MagicPrefs installation. Setting up the Magic Mouse using MagicPrefs will resolve the problem of center (MENU) clicks not operating under RISC OS. Why Apple didn't include a sensible set of configuration options for the Magic Mouse is anyone's guess. Recent updates to MagicPrefs also include the necessary tools to correctly configure the Magic Mouse. MagicPrefs allows all sorts of 'hidden' Mac OS X settings to be altered. MagicPrefs is an excellent tool that any Mac OS X user should download and install. Whilst the Apple configuration tool might be lacking there is a free third party alternative which does allow the centre area on the Magic Mouse to be correctly configured. This makes using RISC OS all but impossible. Hence, when using the Magic Mouse, centre mouse clicks don't open the relevant RISC OS menu. Whilst the Magic mouse can correctly handle left and right clicks there is no way of setting up a middle click. This is especially true when the Mac is running Snow Leopard. However, whilst the hardware is clever the configuration tools designed to set up the areas on the mouse can be severely lacking. The Apple Magic Mouse is an interesting device as it takes the concept of 'surface computing' and applies this to the most used input device, the mouse. Menu clicks not working using the Apple Magic Mouse
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