Today's post will indulge in stating the obvious: ==What is intuitive is subjective.== My wife is currently trying to acclimate to her new Macbook, coming from a lifetime of using Windows. So much of what I consider intuitive and take for granted she does not. She often wishes for a mouse[^1]. But a mouse can't use gestures. You can't go back and forth or switch spaces with a mouse. Who would want a mouse?! Well, it's subjective. Windows users seem to like using a mouse. I wonder if it's because Window's laptops had (have?) atrocious trackpads for the longest time. A couple years ago I considered buying a Razor laptop. The build quality and aesthetic seemed comparable to a Macbook. However, I also tried other laptops during that assessment and found them all wanting. Aside from the Razor all the windows laptops felt low-quality, made of low end plastic, with tiny trackpads that didn't scroll well, let along support multi-touch. I would think after this long other manufacturers would have figured out how to make good touch pads by now. Perhaps it's my Apple-colored glasses preventing me from seeing the obvoius: The manufacturers don't care because their users won't use the trackpad, they'll just buy a mouse. **The right mouse button** My wife **does not like** using two fingers to open the right-click menu. When trying out windows computers I always felt the opposite, that using a hardware button below the trackpad was both less intuitive and a waste of trackpad real estate. I notice that when she wants to right click she lifts both fingers and then pushes them down in sync. This doesn't always work if the two fingers aren't in sync. It's much easier (IMO) to keep one finger on the trackpad, bring the second finger down, and then click. Works every time and I never think about it. I do hope she learns to enjoy Mac, because I at least this way I can help her when she has difficulties. I know next to nothing about how to use Windows on the other hand. To each their own. Maybe we will need to buy her a Windows computer when all is said and done. [^1]: She has a mouse at home but we work from cafes a lot.