It’s the OpenOfficeMouse. I won’t be buying one myself.

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!

Yeah, I do pretty much the same as Smerk.
I won’t be buying it…

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.

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.

Boo - 07 November 2009 02:13 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.

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.

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.

“Behold sir, your failure. You have brought shame to your family name, such that they will change it to ‘Squirrelf**kers’, as being less humiliating than being associated with your crippling uselessness as a human being.”

“Well played, my good opponent. My entrails may be spread about the field of battle, but know that you have already lost. For last night I had my way with not only your girlfriend, but also your sister, and I have the photographs to prove it.”

“Attend well, colleagues! Our unworthy foe is making off with our flag! Such encroachments upon our soverignity shall not go unpunished!”

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.

Just when I’m wanting to make my life less complicated, I see a toy that I like

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

Tah - 07 November 2009 08:27 AM

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.

This article says it all

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

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