peripherals-misc
08/22/2005, 1:30pm, EDT
Monday, August 22nd
IOGEAR launches 5-Button USB Laser Mouse
IOGEAR today launched its new 5-Button USB Laser Mouse. The mouse incorporates an 'instant access' button that allows users to easily open any application, while the customizable shortcut wheel gives users the power to easily copy, paste, print, save or complete a variety of tasks commonly used in each application. IOGEAR says the USB Laser Mouse also provides 30 times more tracking power than traditional optical mice by using a Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) as its light source. "The 1600 dpi mouse offers greater accuracy in space-restricted work environments, and users can work on almost any surface, including glass." IOGEAR has also incorporated side-buttons on the mouse to go back and forth between Web pages. It is available immediately for $40. (The mouse requires additional software to enable all buttons on Mac OS X.)
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Seriously though, I have had a 5 button Microsoft Trackball 1.0 that I brought with me from Windows, back when I switched to OSX - Back at OSX 10.0.4. (By that time it was over a year old).
I have never needed any extra software to use all 5 buttons in OSX, and since Panther I have had the extra three controlling Expose... Nice.
It seems to me like if the point is to get rid of hand movement between the keyboard and the mouse by adding buttons to the mouse, then why did we move away from the keyboards that had trackballs and trackpads built in?
Sadly, they're right. Mac users _will_ buy their product, despite the insult. Not _this_ Mac user, though.