[grouchomarx]

charging the magic mouse for two minutes will give you weeks of battery life

[ryandrake]

The point is that a peripheral device should not be unusable while it’s charging, whether that charge takes two seconds, two minutes, or two hours.

I can’t think of any other recent electronics device that cannot be used while charging.

[stephenr]

I can't use my watch while I charge it. Nor my earbuds. Nor my portable Bluetooth speaker.

None of those can give me any meaningful amount of use time (and definitely not enough for a full work day) from a 2 minute charge.

My mouse can. The port location is not a problem. The constant whining about it from people who largely don't use it is more annoying than any disruption a charge cycle causes.

[Tagbert]

Yes, but the other point is that, in a practical sense, it is not really a problem. Just a silly design decision.

I expect, if they ever get around to redesigning that mouse, they’ll change the port, if only to avoid derision. The recent port change was not enough to warrant moving the port. That front edge is quite thin so there may not be enough room in the current case.

[grouchomarx]

>The point is that a peripheral device should not be unusable while it’s charging

why?

[hu3]

unnecessary limitation

if it was a cheap chinese tier 3 mice that would still be debatable

let alone overpriced hardware