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geekhack Community => Input Devices => Topic started by: itlnstln on Fri, 06 November 2009, 14:21:59
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http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/openofficemouse-isnt-free-isnt-pretty/
Um, no.
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3 buttons on my mouse is plenty, thanks.
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After the initial shock, I have started to wonder how useful it could be.
I hate myself.
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Maybe it'll be the first mouse with n-button rollover.
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Maybe it'll be the first mouse with n-button rollover.
Strong.
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art lebedev, are you behind this???
XD
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trying to sell a MOUSE for use with TYPING
this is the problem with the whole word processor crap
make mouse black, sell it to the gaymen crowd
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That mouse would give me a heart attack.
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So many buttons. It does so much. It slices, it dices! But wait, there's more...
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Fail.
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Will it slice and dice that dude's mullet off?
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My computer already has the "sound only the dog can hear" built in!
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My computer already has the "sound only the dog can here" built in!
With a face only a mother could love.
The computer, not you.
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3 buttons on my mouse is plenty, thanks.
Not a fan of side buttons?
Foward/backwards for internet browser or other programs.
Hell even more buttons are becoming standard. More and more 5-button, 7-button, even tilt-wheels(Scroll up, down; tilt left right; and M down).
As for the mouse, seems a bit too small compared to Razer Naga (http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-mice/razer-naga/). Although I can see the joystick have it's uses the buttons just seem too small and close sorta like those miniature calculators that require some micromanaging to use.
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Not a fan of side buttons?
Foward/backwards for internet browser or other programs.
Not the biggest fan, as they are either there, and I hit them by accident, or they aren't there when I want to use them.
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I like it. Been waiting ages for a mouse like that.
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Not the biggest fan, as they are either there, and I hit them by accident, or they aren't there when I want to use them.
It really depends on the position. The two buttons on the left of a Logitech G9 I never hit by accident. A mouse that came with my Wacom graphic tablet has a button on each side, and I literally can't use it as I hit the right button every time I hold it.
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At the end of the day unless you try you will never know if it really is that good or not. For gaming it may have uses but this looks more like a macro mouse. But there are too many face buttons. I would have had 6-8 buttons not 16 face buttons.
If you put switches of varying strength under each button you can avoid mistake clicks. And still be fully usable, of course you would need programs where it would be fairly used.
I set my side buttons on my mouse to backspace and enter. Which I find extremely useful for quick editing and backspace doubles for back in browsers.
Of course some luddites will believe that 2 buttons and scroll is more than enough, but to improve interaction between the user and the system cannot evolve further if you don't change the input devices. Considering this is GeekHack you should enjoy more buttons to auto-hotkey and such ;-). I'm looking forward to the Razer Naga which has more side buttons (12 in total) which I also believe is too many but also give the option of using it as a numpad. End of the day you can always set more keys to do the same thing, therefore you can select the areas of keys which represent a certain function.
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I think that mouse buttons quickly lose their utility if you need to look at the mouse in order to make sure that you're clicking the right button.
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Anyway Open Office has announced that they are not endorsing the mouse so the Italian designer can no longer call this the OpenOffice Mouse, instead he is rebranding it as OOMouse.
LOL.
Guessing even the guys at OpenOffice.org didn't even consider it to be beneficial to their side :D
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I guess OpenOffice's name is not licensed under the GPL.
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Two buttons are enough for me.
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Two buttons are enough for me.
Go on, spoil yourself with three!
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=4698&d=1253677620)
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The OO Mouse has a new name and a new look. It's still ugly. Check it (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/warmouse-meta-openofficemouse-has-a-new-name-same-18-buttons/).
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It must not have sold too well.
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Hasn't been released yet from what the blog reads like? On the note of nonstandard keys, I actually enjoy having one thumb and one pinky key on the side of the mouse, especially if the drivers are written properly. Was nice to be able to hold down a PTT TS or Ventrilo button without interrupting gameplay, since it only meant applying a slight bit more pressure to a finger that was not being used anyway.
I think this would be beyond gimmicky, but possibly decent if it didn't have that damn thumb joystick thing. I don't know if that thing could possibly be MORE in the way.
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What's with the fancy sensor on a Office mouse? Shouldn't he at least try to cut costs? Or does he want to compete with the Naga too? XD
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I need 5 buttons + scroll minimum: Click, Alt, Fwd, Back, Scroll press = new, scroll wheel to scroll
Bummer that mouse was so poorly made. They should have done what Razer did with the Naga by having them on the side for thumb access, out of the way for normal mouse use, but programmable. I would be using a Naga if it did that but unfortunately it doesn't. It's for g4m3rz only. Another downside to the Naga is the fwd/back buttons look too far forward for my liking. They should have placed them right by the other buttons, in the location Logitech G9 and other mice put them.
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Maybe it's just be, but I think that adding lots of buttons around a laptop trackpad would be genuinely useful. Mice get extra buttons ... trackpads get left behind.
(OK, my old Compal CY27 has a four button trackpad -- left, right, and, between them, what looks like it was meant to be scroll up and scroll down that never did anything, but that's a little uncommon. I also find that tapping top-left for middle mouse -- per the previous laptop -- is more comfortable than using the scroll up button, so careful button placement and layout would be needed).
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(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/6061/warmouse.jpg)
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Appears not to like being hotlinked -- displays an "image has expired" error picture until you open it in a separate tab.
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I updated the link, should work now