The mouse is sorely missed.Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.Listen to this articleProduced by ElevenLabs and NOA, News Over Audio, using AI narration.Once upon a time, long before smartphones or even laptops were ubiquitous, the computer mouse was new, and it was thrilling. The 1984 Macintosh wasn’t the first machine to come with one, but it was the first to popularize the gizmo for ordinary people. Proper use of the mouse was not intuitive. Many people had a hard time moving and clic...