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Posted: 07 November 2009 02:58 AM   [ Ignore ]
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It’s the OpenOfficeMouse. I won’t be buying one myself.

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Posted: 07 November 2009 03:03 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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The mind boggles.

I only use a mouse at work, and even then I try to use it sparingly, and use keyboard short-cuts as much as possible.  At home, I use a laptop, so it’s got a touch-pad, and again, good excuse to practice my keyboard short-cuts!

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Posted: 07 November 2009 03:06 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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Yeah, I do pretty much the same as Smerk.
I won’t be buying it…

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Posted: 07 November 2009 03:08 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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I have to admit it’s giving me food for thought about the open source community as a whole. Open source software has given us benefits but this OpenOfficeMouse just seems so awful I can almost predict only diehard geeks will buy it.

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Posted: 07 November 2009 03:13 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
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I should (possibly) point out that I have, and use, OpenOffice, and it’s awesome. I have no idea what the heck they’re thinking with the mouse, though.
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Posted: 07 November 2009 03:31 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]
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Boo - 07 November 2009 08:13 AM

I should (possibly) point out that I have, and use, OpenOffice, and it’s awesome. I have no idea what the heck they’re thinking with the mouse, though.
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I’ve used OpenOffice (and NeoOffice) before too and I’d still be using it if it wasn’t for my current needs. More people could be using OpenOffice for what they do.

I just think this 18 button mouse is a mistake.

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Posted: 07 November 2009 04:34 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]
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I’ve got a Nostromo SpeedPad for such foolishness. Think of it as a mouse for the left hand. It’s a small chunk of keys, with a thumbpad, and can shift between modes. Very good for FPS gaming, and I’ve even had mine assigned paragraph-long taunts.

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Posted: 07 November 2009 05:25 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]
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It seems that most of the options everyone’s talking about are ‘keyboard based’. 

A mouse generally depends on a simple concept for one hand and usually ONE finger. 

The configuration of this mouse with multiple buttons suggests a one-finger workout ‘keyboard’.  A mouse is also designed with the idea that your hand usually maintains comfortable and constant contact with the mouse itself always (when browsing), even when you click right, left or use the central wheel.  With this new concept you would have to be lifting and stretching with more mean movement (depending on the size of your palm and finger length

.......you’d seem (to me) to be better off using actual keyboard shortcuts rather than putting your hand at peril for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

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Posted: 07 November 2009 09:25 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]
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Posted: 07 November 2009 09:27 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]
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I can’t help thinking, “Complete spoof/joke”.  It may be real but the mind boggles.

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Posted: 08 November 2009 02:08 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 10 ]
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Tah - 07 November 2009 02:27 PM

I can’t help thinking, “Complete spoof/joke”.  It may be real but the mind boggles.

I have a feeling it’s real. I guess time will tell.

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Posted: 08 November 2009 05:16 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 11 ]
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This article says it all

OpenOfficeMouse has frankly preposterous 18 buttons, joystick
By Nick Hide on 07 November 2009, 3:17pm

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Yes, it’s real. No, it’s not a joke, or a hilarious over-reaction to Apple’s spartan Magic Mouse.

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