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Multi-Button OpenOfficeMouse At OOoCon 2009

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the flying-in-the-face-of-simple-design dept.

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.

3 of 265 comments (clear)

  1. Oh yeah? by avg_joe_01 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Clearly you don't PvP...

  2. Metaphors by sbeckstead · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This mouse is a good metaphor for Linux and OSS. Too many choices and very confusing interfaces. Good job guys!

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    Why bother
  3. Re:God damnit by jayme0227 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Actually, it wasn't that long ago that the scroll wheel was added. I thought that was pretty cool. Also, the side buttons on my mouse are pretty useful while browsing the internet or gaming.

    But if you're still attached to your same old mechanical ball-style mouse with only two buttons and no scroll wheel, I guess that's your prerogative.

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    But then I realized the cable was blue, so I only gave it one star. I hate blue.