Linked by Kroc Camen on Sun 8th Nov 2009 10:21 UTC
Is complexity (and wearing this on the outside) an inherit part of open source design? FactoryJoe compares the OpenOfficeMouse (a mouse with 18 programmable buttons and even an analogue joystick) and the Apple Magic Mouse-"To me, the OpenOfficeMouse seems like such a typical product from the open source community." [Kroc: I honestly believed the OpenOfficeMouse to be a very clever satirical joke, the irony that it isn't suspends belief]
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RE: Do tool have to be beautiful?
by Doc Pain on Sun 8th Nov 2009 21:27
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Member since:2006-10-08
I love my wired 5 button mouse and I wouldn't mind another button. Those forward / backward buttons are awesome IMO and I wouldn't exchange them for not 100% working swiping gestures etc.
The Opera web browser featured the back / forward switching without strange swiping gestures many years ago. Press the right button, hold it down, press the left one = back; you can press the left one e. g. 3 times to go back last 3 links switched. Forward works similar.
Because I always have one hand at the keybord, I'm fine with a standard (and wired) three button mouse. The programmable 2 x 10 keys on the left of the Sun Type 6 keyboard are very handy in modifying what happens when pointing or clicking something with the mouse.
RE: Do tool have to be beautiful?
by StephenBeDoper on Mon 9th Nov 2009 00:13
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Member since:2005-07-06
If you work with the mouse a lot and need more shortcuts to get stuff done I could imagine this hideous mouse to be useful.
Ditto.
My first thought was "holy crap, that's hideous" - followed by "well, I imagine it could appeal to people who spend all day using Photoshop or doing video editing."
I love my wired 5 button mouse and I wouldn't mind another button. Those forward / backward buttons are awesome IMO and I wouldn't exchange them for not 100% working swiping gestures etc.
With mice, my general rule has been "the number of buttons should not exceed the number of fingers I have."
Edited 2009-11-09 00:18 UTC
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If you work with the mouse a lot and need more shortcuts to get stuff done I could imagine this hideous mouse to be useful.
I love my wired 5 button mouse and I wouldn't mind another button. Those forward / backward buttons are awesome IMO and I wouldn't exchange them for not 100% working swiping gestures etc.