Comments on: Attack of the Mice! http://blog.cbowns.com/2008/12/attack-of-the-mice/ The Internet's dust bunnies Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:43:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Christopher Bowns http://blog.cbowns.com/2008/12/attack-of-the-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-6649 Christopher Bowns Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:33:24 +0000 http://blog.cbowns.com/?p=315#comment-6649 <p>@Alan: it's a small USB dongle, narrow in profile, and a bit over two quarters in length (or just shorter than the iPhone 3G is wide, if you prefer). I've got more USB ports than I know what to do with, so I don't mind it too much.</p> <p>I was set on finding a good Bluetooth mouse, but those criteria seem to be mutually exclusive.</p> @Alan: it’s a small USB dongle, narrow in profile, and a bit over two quarters in length (or just shorter than the iPhone 3G is wide, if you prefer). I’ve got more USB ports than I know what to do with, so I don’t mind it too much.

I was set on finding a good Bluetooth mouse, but those criteria seem to be mutually exclusive.

]]> By: Alan http://blog.cbowns.com/2008/12/attack-of-the-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-6648 Alan Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:44:50 +0000 http://blog.cbowns.com/?p=315#comment-6648 <p>Does the Logitech MX Revolution use bluetooth, or does it have a USB dongle? It seems wasteful to me to have a wireless mouse that still uses a USB port. All you're doing is giving yourself the extra burden of having to charge it.</p> Does the Logitech MX Revolution use bluetooth, or does it have a USB dongle? It seems wasteful to me to have a wireless mouse that still uses a USB port. All you’re doing is giving yourself the extra burden of having to charge it.

]]> By: Peter Hosey http://blog.cbowns.com/2008/12/attack-of-the-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-6647 Peter Hosey Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:36:50 +0000 http://blog.cbowns.com/?p=315#comment-6647 <p>Scott: It still has an input manager as of 2.6. It just doesn't break Growl, TextMate, and CrossOver anymore. (It may still break other apps in different ways, though—I don't know, as I don't use it.)</p> Scott: It still has an input manager as of 2.6. It just doesn’t break Growl, TextMate, and CrossOver anymore. (It may still break other apps in different ways, though—I don’t know, as I don’t use it.)

]]> By: Jeff Johnson http://blog.cbowns.com/2008/12/attack-of-the-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-6645 Jeff Johnson Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:17:46 +0000 http://blog.cbowns.com/?p=315#comment-6645 <p>You're right about the Targus, its profile is very similar to the Mighty Mouse, which is one reason I bought it, but you probably won't like it if you don't like the MM profile. My prayers are with you for the installation of the mouse software.</p> You’re right about the Targus, its profile is very similar to the Mighty Mouse, which is one reason I bought it, but you probably won’t like it if you don’t like the MM profile. My prayers are with you for the installation of the mouse software.

]]> By: Steven Fisher http://blog.cbowns.com/2008/12/attack-of-the-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-6643 Steven Fisher Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:16:49 +0000 http://blog.cbowns.com/?p=315#comment-6643 <p>For what it's worth, I've never had the right click problem that most people mention actually caused by my hand position. Rather, it seems to be a driver instability problem of some kind. Much worse than hand position, really, but perhaps there will be a fix one day</p> For what it’s worth, I’ve never had the right click problem that most people mention actually caused by my hand position. Rather, it seems to be a driver instability problem of some kind. Much worse than hand position, really, but perhaps there will be a fix one day

]]> By: Scott http://blog.cbowns.com/2008/12/attack-of-the-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-6642 Scott Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:53:24 +0000 http://blog.cbowns.com/?p=315#comment-6642 <p>I love the MX mouse. I've upgraded along with many new releases they've put out. Beautiful hardware. Although I've always opted for the non-bluetooth one.</p> <p>That said, I wouldn't put their drivers on my machine at all. They had an evil third party InputManager at one point. Instead I use the stock prefs panel.</p> I love the MX mouse. I’ve upgraded along with many new releases they’ve put out. Beautiful hardware. Although I’ve always opted for the non-bluetooth one.

That said, I wouldn’t put their drivers on my machine at all. They had an evil third party InputManager at one point. Instead I use the stock prefs panel.

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