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The Mice That Didn't Make It

Posted by timothy on from the does-anything-beat-a-logitech-marble-mouse? dept.

Harry writes "For every blockbuster of the mouse world (such as Microsoft and Logitech's big sellers) there have been countless mice that flopped, or never made it to market. Mice shaped like pyramids; mice shaped like Mickey; mice that doubled as numeric keypads or phones. Even one that sat on your steering wheel. I've rounded up some evocative patent drawings on twenty notable examples."

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  1. He forgot one by grub · · Score: 4, Informative

    Don't forget this one. The only manufacturers' mouse which is usually replaced by a 3rd party one within minutes.

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  2. Re:Not Reading It by Timothy+Brownawell · · Score: 1, Informative

    I'm not reading this article because it's on 20 different pages. STOP THAT SHIT.

    Seriously. There really needs to be some way to administer a small electric shock to both the submitter and the editor for things like this.

  3. 24 fucking pages for 20 mice? by thetoadwarrior · · Score: 3, Informative

    Fuck that shit in the ass. I refuse to read something in such a shit layout design for maximum ad views while ignoring a user's needs.

    Seriously, 24 pages for 20 nice is a flipping joke.

  4. Re:Not Reading It by Afforess · · Score: 2, Informative

    Go get autopager (for firefox). It solves that problem.

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  5. Re:Now is the time fob by Red+Flayer · · Score: 2, Informative

    Typo.

    s/B/R

    "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country." is a sentence that used to be used a lot in typesetting -- it's exactly 70 characters (including the period), the width of one standard line.

    Note that the original quote was "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party", it was part of a typing exercise, not sure if it was originally a political quote...

    Why yes, I do have recollection of random factoids from elementary school typing class, why do you ask?

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  6. Re:Best mouse... by Oewyn · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have used this for 10 years and continue to be amazed that its not the standard in computing.

    Hrmm... At $220, i too am surprised that it isn't the standard in computing...

    pfft.

  7. You whore out your own website and spread... by RichiH · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...your "article" over 24 pages? Other submitters go to the trouble of linking a print page to spare us this crap and you link an ad-riddled pos like that on purpose? I don't say that often, but: fuck you.