Magic Mouse Question (does this go on this discussion board)?

Hi - I've just purchased a Magic Mouse, and have a bit of a problem: it appears as though certain applications (ok, most, but, importantly, not all) do not recognize mouse clicks. EG, if I try to close or minimize a window in Mail (or Firefox), the mouse click isn't recognized. Interestingly, the same mouse click IS recognized for another application (eg, Word).
Has anyone seen this before? It is very strange, and of course, very frustrating (Magic Mouse is back in its cage, USB mouse is now helping out).
Oh, and by the way - I wasn't sure if this was the right forum to post this in, saw another magic mouse post in this forum, so figured I'd give it a go.
Thanks again!

Curiousier and curiousier - the magic mouse seems to work fine for my account, but not my wife's. In her account, the mouse seems able to track, but clicks don't seem to be uniformly recognized. For example, I cannot click on system preferences icon to open it. I cannot click on the minimize or close buttons in browser.
Big clue - the mouse doesn't seem to be 'discoverable' by bluetooth (even though it is obviously discovered on one level).
Weird - but super inconvenient. Back to the old reliable, usb mouse - for now.

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