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The "King of All Computer Mice" Finally Ships
An anonymous reader writes "The much-anticipated, much-mocked 18-button joystick mouse from WarMouse is now shipping. The press release features an impressive set of user quotes from game designer Chris Taylor, new SFWA president John Scalzi, and a doctor who runs a medical software company. Crazy or not, it's obviously more than just a gaming mouse."
I love playing against people who use a trackball. Can always use target practice.
Steve Jobs would not approve.
Disagree, if you've ever competitively gamed, you're wired. Minimal signal interference, no loss of signal due to dead or dying battery.
Hi, I Boris. Hear fix bear, yes?
You can have my trusty Naga when you pry it from my cold dead hand. http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/pd/productID.169418900
By who? This thing looks like shit, will probably sell 500 units to the people who buy every new computer gadget that's produced, and will die a silent death in the dark, rightfully so.
I have a computer input device with a lot of keys on it already - it's called a keyboard, and it works a lot better when I'm not sliding the keyboard around on the desktop while trying to type.
This is a solution in search of a problem to solve.
I'll stick with my trusty MX Revolution. That no other manufacturer (Logitech included) has added that wonderful thumbwheel to their mice is a crying shame. Tabs through pages like nobody's business, with another two buttons right next to it.
I mean why not just put your fucking keyboard on wheels and push it around?
is there ANY way that this is not a tech/i.t. related news ? i mean, did we move to mental interfaces since i went to bed last night ? how can a 12 something button mice news is in idle, as if something irrelevant to /. ?
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Crazy or not, it's obviously more than just a gaming mouse."
I would use this for CAD applications. And yes, I have been waiting a long time for it. A colleague once taped a keyboard on top of a mouse and told me he had constructed my ideal mouse. The one shown above is even better
Nae king! Nae laird! Nae yurrupiean pressedent! We willna be fooled again!
The mother of all demos is typically cited as where Douglas Engelbart demonstrated the mouse as a pointing device for the very first time, but what is forgotten is that he also had, for his left hand, a small set of levers for performing "common actions" (read: shortcuts) that essentially served a similar purpose as all those buttons on this mouse.
I remember reading in a book that, among all the SRI researchers, only Engelbart himself ever got the hang of how to use it; the others apparently simply preferred to use the mouse and keyboard. I wouldn't be surprised if this mouse gets a fanatical following of about three people, while the rest of the world moves on.
The voltage/capacity curve for rechargeable batteries is *much* flatter than for alkaline batteries -- alkaline batteries have a pretty steep slope with a fairly linear relationship between "current voltage" and "remaining power", and devices that expect alkaline batteries and have a low-power indicator calibrated for that curve. Rechargeable batteries have a much flatter curve and the low-power indicator never lights because the trigger voltage is not reached until there's far too little power.
So presumably, devices with built-in rechargeable batteries are properly calibrated for those, and produce a low-power warning at the appropriate time.
http://www.powerstream.com/AA-tests.htm
The cord on a mouse has never been a problem. Wireless mice have issues and cost more. I'm all for technology but a wireless mouse has always, with a few niche exceptions, seemed like a pointless innovation.
The device never moves more than about 4 inches. Added complexity. Added cost. No upside. It's a completely pointless feature.
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