Best mouse for Imac?

I'm really enjoying my Imac but am having trouble with the Mighty Mouse (corded mouse) that came with it. For some reason 25% of the time, the mouse responds as if I hit the secondary-right button. I'm sure it's just the way I am hitting it, but productivity is going down when this happens often enough. Is there another 3rd party mouse that someone can suggest? I love the style of this one and the scroll button, bit the primary and secondary buttons are driving me crazy.
rskover

Perhaps an explanation of how the MM works is in order and will help. I have to admit that the MM takes some getting used to and a bit of hand coordination. I got the hang of it quickly and have no issues with it. I think the MM is the best mouse for the iMac.
The exterior of the MM is touch sensitive. It can "feel' your fingers on the exterior and interprets what it senses to determine what it thinks you want to do. I rest my hand on the MM with thumb and ring finger in the area of the side buttons and index finger to the left of the scrollball and the middle finger to the right of the scrollball. The MM is configured in System Preferences/Keyboard & Mouse/Mouse with the Primary click on the left (with my index finger) and the Secondary click on the right (with my middle finger.)
If you click with the index finger to the left of the scrollball, you get a Primary click, with or without the middle finger touching the MM. To get a Secondary click, click with the middle finger to the right of the scrollball, but the index finger must be lifted from the MM.
I use a rocking of my two fingers. When I Primary click my middle finger goes up. When I Secondary click my index finger goes up. (I never could master the side button squeeze, so I turned them off in System Prefs.)
So if you are getting a Secondary click when you are intending a Primary click, your index finger must be lifting off the MM in some way.

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