The "King of All Computer Mice" Finally Ships

An anonymous reader writes "The much-anticipated, much-mocked 18-button joystick mouse from WarMouse is now shipping. The press release features an impressive set of user quotes from game designer Chris Taylor, new SFWA president John Scalzi, and a doctor who runs a medical software company. Crazy or not, it's obviously more than just a gaming mouse."

Naga WarMouse

[Pewpdaddy]

You can have my trusty Naga when you pry it from my cold dead hand. http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/pd/productID.169418900 [razerzone.com]

Re:Mod parent up

[QBasicer]

I agree with this, also back in the day, wireless mice had a lag time before they would come out of a low power state and figure out they're moving, which made gaming difficult. I eventually used my Wacom tablet with that mouse because it was insanely precise with even the smallest of movements.

Gaming mouse?

[Errol backfiring]

Crazy or not, it's obviously more than just a gaming mouse."

I would use this for CAD applications. And yes, I have been waiting a long time for it. A colleague once taped a keyboard on top of a mouse and told me he had constructed my ideal mouse. The one shown above is even better

I'm not convinced

[obarthelemy]

My "top-side" fingers don't have much mobility, plus they're used for left and right clicks.

I haven't used it, but for buttons junkies, the Razer Naga (http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/list/categoryID.35208800) seems both less overt-the-top and more ergonomic/practical)

Everything old is new again

[wandazulu]

The mother of all demos [wikipedia.org] is typically cited as where Douglas Engelbart demonstrated the mouse as a pointing device for the very first time, but what is forgotten is that he also had, for his left hand, a small set of levers for performing "common actions" (read: shortcuts) that essentially served a similar purpose as all those buttons on this mouse.

I remember reading in a book that, among all the SRI researchers, only Engelbart himself ever got the hang of how to use it; the others apparently simply preferred to use the mouse and keyboard. I wouldn't be surprised if this mouse gets a fanatical following of about three people, while the rest of the world moves on.

Re:Go die in a fire sampenzus

[Anonymous Coward]

hmmm yeah it does look like crap, looks like your hand will hurt after 5 mins of use too. however the only real use I can think for this is not gaming but rather 3D modeling where each function can be bound to a different button.

At least they've got lots of them

[Fred_A]

Store page says :

1e+09 Units in Stock

Re:Gaming mouse?

[Errol backfiring]

So true! 3 buttons are far too little for entity select, end selection, confirm, cancel, zoom in, zoom out, pan, various snap modes, and all the other commands you want under the mouse-hand while you use the other hand to issue commands like line, circle, fillet, etc.

Re:Why is this in idle ?

[owlnation]

how can a 12 something button mice news is in idle, as if something irrelevant to /. ?

I suspect the answer is that samzenpus has no clue what he is doing. He regularly posts idle stories in the main /. sections. And now he posts a valid story in idle.

Samzenpus and Idle need to be cut loose as a separate website. I've generally no desire to ever read any of his submissions -- but since idle pollutes the RSS feed, it's near impossible to avoid them. That is the best solution for everyone -- those who want to read his submissions can, and those who don't, don't have to have the annoyance of them. It's only fair. This really, really needs to be fixed.

Re:Trackball

[starblazer]

I played Quake with a trackball... a logitech trackman wheel (basically). The key to it is to have the sensitivity on the trackball super-high so that you don't have to move it too far to turn around.. plus, with the precision of a thumb, it wasn't that hard making precise movements. Sure, I was the laughingstock of my friends but they would always be below me in the rankings.