The Mouse Thread

I just got my MX Revo a couple days ago. I was debating for a long time whether or not to get it, as the price point was pretty steep, but it had a lot of features I wanted.

I'm so fucking glad I did. It is supremely comfortable, the flywheel feature is amazing, the buttons are all completely customizable with a plugin for the included software "SetPoint" called "UberOptions," and the battery lasts forever.

I also recently picked up the Kensingtom Expert Mouse:



I hadn't used a trackball for about 6 years when I grabbed this one, and man have they come a long way. Last one I used was a cheapie 2-button deal wiith a cheaply-made blue ball and physical tracking. This bad-boy has optical tracking, a huge ball (hrhrhrhrhr big ballz), a nifty scroll ring built in around the ball compartment, and the two top buttons instantly registered to Dashboard and Expose on my G5. Thing's comfortable as all hell to use, even if it was $100.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Sleep mode doesn't kick in until it's been idle for about 30 seconds. As for the 800DPI, it's fine for quick graphics-editing jobs and working in OpenOffice. Can't really say much beyond that. I don't do anything with 3D rendering or science/simulation/CAD/anything else requiring super-precise movements on that computer, so it doesn't make too much of a difference to me what the DPI is on my mouse. Seems pretty precise for what I've seen so far, though.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I always wondered, what's with that weird colour scheme on the G5? The MX510/518 have the color swirl patterns which are kinda funky and psychedelic, but not as outlandish as the G5's rusted-metal look.

Then again, for all its comfort, the MX Revo looks downright bizarre.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I don't know about in games, but SetPoint has some limitations. You'll need the UberOptions plugin to remove the limitations and open up universal mapping.

I'm not a hundred percent certain, but UberOptions looks like it should be able to to configure the thumb wheel in games as well.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

@Free.User: I've heard that UberOptions can fix that problem. I haven't tried it myself, but looking at the options dialog shows a reconfigurable middle-click and a number of comments on Neowin has confirmed it.

@Killmoms: The MX Revo looks a lot less like a gamer mouse in person than it does in screenshots. I also hear wireless mice are crap for games. From what I've seen, companies like Razor are far more guilty of style-over-substance "l33t k!dd!3z" designs (ridged buttons, WTF?). The MX Revo feels more like it was designed with office apps in mind than games, what with the fast-scroll and auto-search features.

How ya doing, buddy?

Wait till you really get a feel for the thumb wheel. It's a little tricky at first, a lot of my "turns" registered as "clicks," but once I got used to it I mapped it to Ctrl+Tab to flip tabs in Firefox. Friggin' awesome.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?