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New Fatal1ty Gaming Mouse
steven williamson writes to tell us that Hexus has a quick look at Jonathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel's approach to a new gaming mouse. At first glace it doesn't seem to have much to offer beyond your average optical mouse. A few of the features are a "four finger" setup with regards to mouse buttons, a mere 1600 DPI but that should be plenty for most, and an exchangeable weight to give it just the right heft.
So then why is this on the frontpage of Slashdot?
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Best joystick I ever had was an Amiga Power Stick (Atari variety) -- the ones they sold to finance the development of the chipset which eventually became the heart of the Commodore Amiga. They were the best.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
"At first glance, the Fatal1ty gaming mouse doesn't look too different from any pther mouse..."
Looks like the spell checker got pwned by fatal1ty too!
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Seriosly what's with all the advertisments posing as stories? The admins might as well put up pop-up ads instead of having them pose as stories.
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The article says that other mice have adjustable weights, however I was unaware of this. Can someone provide a list of mice with this feature?
Ok, this is just pathetic. Not only is this "review" an advertisement -- it even fucking says it right under the headline!!!!!
Right there in a graphic "Advertisement".
News for nerds, my ass.
Well... a few generations of procreation within your family tree may yield the ability to manipulate a 5 finger stick.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Oh, and please lose those mouseover keyword thingies. They come in at about a 9.5 on the Annoy-O-Meter scale
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> Well... a few generations of procreation within your family tree may yield the ability to manipulate a 5 finger stick.
I knew a guy who could manipulate five joysticks at once.
He was born with five cocks. Not only was he a great gamer, but as a fringe benefit, he said his pants always fit like a glove.
*sarcasm* Wow... a fancy mouse! *sarcasm*
e gory=1&subcategory=208&product=14000) sound system in the same booth was very powerful, and I could feel the chaingun rounds pummeling my chest!
I saw and touched it at the Creative booth at CES 2006. IMHO, it's just another Fatal1ty gimmick, mostly useless bells and whistles. The one touch sensitivity feature was kind of interesting, but seeing as how I only ever adjust the sensitivity ONCE in most games and don't change it much, it is not that practical. The weights might be handy if multiple people game on the same PC, but when I played with it I didn't find a reason to change the weight in the middle of my Quake 4 gaming, for example. I didn't seem to notice the extra accuracy too much. I did feel that the mouse was a little bit small though, somehow didn't have a place to really rest the hand comfortably.
A little off-topic, but the Creative X-Fi (http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?cat
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This is probably /. suicide, but my IntelliMouse Optical does the job perfectly. Two side buttons, left and right click, and a clickable roller. It even works on sandwiches.
If you find yourself needing a 6 buttoned, a 4-way roller equipped, tilt sensor loaded, dual laser surface scanning, custom weighted hand cooling mouse then you are taking it too seriously.
How many people can read hex if only you and dead people can read hex?
I've thought of hacking together a mouse that had dual optical sensors for axial rotation in addition to the standard translation of a single sensor mouse. User interfaces for 3D CAD programs would benefit - twist to rotate the object. Gaming would benefit - you could circle strafe with one hand by making the twist of the mouse accelerate the strafe. OS GUIs would benefit - click on an object then turn the mouse to activate an option on the context menu.
Good idea, or invitation for wrist-strain lawsuits?
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