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Multi-Button OpenOfficeMouse At OOoCon 2009
An anonymous reader writes "WarMouse has announced their new multi-button OpenOfficeMouse for OpenOffice.org at the 2009 OOoCon in Orvieto, Italy. The mouse, which features 18 buttons, a scroll wheel, and an analog joystick, has double-click functionality on every button and stores up to 63 application and game profiles in its 512k of flash memory. The OpenOfficeMouse runs on Windows, Linux, and OS X; its customization software will be released as free and open source software." We couldn't decide if this was a protest against Apple's new magic mouse, an elaborate practical joke, or just plain insanity run amok. In any case, it is hard to imagine a world in which so many tiny buttons on a mouse make sense.
So here's a better link if you want to see this monstrosity. The guy earlier in this discussion who was joking about putting a mouse wheel on a standard keyboard wasn't far off.
I'm sure if anyone actually buys this a lot of wrist surgeons will rejoice...
#DeleteChrome
There already is a mouse like this and it was actually designed much better. The Naga, it has all the standard buttons and then it has another 12 on the side, its an interesting idea and would be rather useful in some gaming situations. They market it to MMO, I also think it would be rather nice to have in RTS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826153054
Actually I *did* mean the bottom. I wasn't clear. -1 ambiguous spec
Table-ized A.I.
Agreeing with the parent post and adding a few extra.
You cannot customize the multi touch features. Two finger swipe goes forward or backward in Safari and goes to the next picture in iPhoto. Hopefully they come out with an ability to determine the function of two finger swipes (and other gestures).
No squeeze buttons. That's taking a long time to get used to.
The mouse is very slender and short which hurts the ergonomics for those with larger than small hands. This is probably the cause of the parents twisting mouse problem
No middle button. Probably the biggest drawback of the mouse.
"Educate the mind but never at the expense of the soul."~Blessed Basil Moreau
Sorry, I didn't mean you manipulated things. Some others simply interpretatified[1] it a different way.
[1] Dubyatization
Table-ized A.I.
"Why the 'F does the page have to reload when I hit the back button"
Because a lot of web pages (including slashdot) are served with HTTP headers that tell the browser not to cache them, and the browser follows that directive. Yes, it's annoying. I use tabs for that reason too.