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Open Source Design and the OpenOfficeMouse

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 StephenBeDoper on Mon 9th Nov 2009 00:13 UTC in reply to "Do tool have to be beautiful?"

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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.

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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