Research Study on Gaming Mice

[FigNewton]

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AT Mod Usandthem

Thread also has been stickyed until further notice.

PC and Gaming Moderator Aigo

 

[aigomorla]

I will unstick this sticky next month unless a question for extension has been submitted as i feel 6 months was a good amount of time for your study.
If you need more time, please submit a extension request in Moderators Discussion:

https://forums.anandtech.com/forums/moderator-discussions.56/

 

[aigomorla]

Thread has been unsticked after 10 months, as i feel the study should of ended.

If it needs to be resticked please make a post over at Moderator Discussions.

 

[shortylickens]

Thread has been unsticked after 10 months, as i feel the study should of ended.

If it needs to be resticked please make a post over at Moderator Discussions.

should have

 

[DigDog]

"do you live in Murica? no? then your opinion on gaming mice is irrelevant, guy-who-played-quake-for-13-years"

ok

 

[HutchinsonJC]

After being here for years, I'm not sure I often glance at stickies as they are often stickied for entirely too long and not really relevant or updated. This is my first time seeing this post.

Gaming Mice: I don't know. I don't think it was marketed as a gaming mouse, but I liked the MX1000... a lot... I bought it originally when it was new and then much later bought two more for over 200 bucks to try to keep one going and also bought a replacement battery. Paired with "uberoptions" (software) it was an amazing mouse.

I'm trying this G502 Lightspeed by logitech and I *hate* not having the up/down scroll button above and below the mouse wheel that the MX1000 had. I swear Logitech needs to rerelease the MX1000 already, even if modified in color or in some other ways.

I hate most gaming mice and their attempt to cram eleventy billion buttons into a small space. Just give me several comfortable to push buttons that can be programmed.

1) Button above the Mouse Wheel = turbo mouse wheel up by default
2) Button below the Mouse Wheel = turbo mouse wheel down by default
3) Push directly Down on the Mouse Wheel = close current web browser tab by default
4) Push the Mouse Wheel (tilt) to the left = scroll left in web pages/documents
5) Push the Mouse Wheel (tilt) to the right = scroll right in web pages/documents
6) Page Forward on left side (thumb accessible) = navigate forward in browsing history
7) Page Back on left side (thumb accessible) = navigate backward in browsing history
8) App/Program switch Centered Between Page Forward/Back = graphical Caraselle pops up to switch apps/programs (similar as Alt Tab in function, but you can click the program you want to swap to with mouse pointer)

If they want to add the G7 / G8 buttons from the G502 (buttons 9 & 10 in my line up) in addition to the above, as buttons you can program, I think that'd be fine.

Make all of these buttons programmable in the software package that comes with the mouse. Allow for Alt or Ctrl modifiers of all of these buttons, too. So you could program Ctrl + Backward Navigate to be something entirely different, as example.

Don't add a mechanical lock/unlock button for the mouse wheel (like the g502). That's what the turbo scroll up and down buttons are for mentioned above. There's no digital way to represent those mechanical "buttons" in software on the computer. You can't reprogram them. It's wasted button space.

 

[Starbuck1975]

Take a standard mouse, add lots of extraneous buttons and LED lighting effects, give it an edgy name and get a streamer, preferably with toxic green or neon red dyed hair, to endorse it...done.

 

[MrSquished]

I like the endgame XM1 mouse. After trying like 15 mice this is the one for me.

Super simple design. Excellent shape. Buttons feel great. 70g weight.

If they make the same model but 10g lighter I'll grab one of those too.