Microsoft Reveals ''Mouse 2.0'' Prototypes

[mrface]

it is quite hard to right click on ye ole mac

 

[eccentric909]

[citation][nom]barturtle[/nom]Could they just re-release the Trackball Explorer? Pretty Please?[/citation]

OMG Please!!! I have pretty bad carpal tunnel and can only use a trackball. I've found that I prefer them over a regular mouse anyway, even for gaming and especially for graphic design.

I have to use a Logitech Marble Mouse (ball on top) trackball now, since the discontinued MS Explorer Trackballs cost so much. I really want a scroll wheel, but all trackballs I've tried with scroll wheels have been pretty bad, including the Logitech Wireless Trackball. I've also not liked a single Kensington trackball I've tried, and for the most part they are just too expensive. Though, I might have to bite the bullet and try out one of these:
L-Trac

At least they are optical/laser tracking, instead of opto-mechanical like a lot of the other performance trackballs out there are (ie: iTac trackballs).

Please MS or someone, bring a nice affordable and durable trackball with a scroll wheel to the market (again). I love my $20 Logitech Marble Mouse, but lament that it doesn't have a scroll wheel.

 

[deck]

[citation][nom]Eccentric909[/nom]OMG Please!!! I have pretty bad carpal tunnel and can only use a trackball. I've found that I prefer them over a regular mouse anyway, even for gaming and especially for graphic design.I have to use a Logitech Marble Mouse (ball on top) trackball now, since the discontinued MS Explorer Trackballs cost so much. I really want a scroll wheel, but all trackballs I've tried with scroll wheels have been pretty bad, including the Logitech Wireless Trackball. I've also not liked a single Kensington trackball I've tried, and for the most part they are just too expensive. Though, I might have to bite the bullet and try out one of these:L-TracAt least they are optical/laser tracking, instead of opto-mechanical like a lot of the other performance trackballs out there are (ie: iTac trackballs).Please MS or someone, bring a nice affordable and durable trackball with a scroll wheel to the market (again). I love my $20 Logitech Marble Mouse, but lament that it doesn't have a scroll wheel.[/citation]


This is the mouse you want:

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=014915&cid=KBM.602

I bought a spare one in case they stop making them and my current one gets stolen or something.

 

[bamslang]

Grammar police here... will people PLEASE learn how to use correct tense and how to use the correct form of there/their/they're!?

[citation][nom]etichi[/nom]Apple is due to revamp there mighty mouse very soon. [/citation]
[citation][nom]kingnoobe[/nom]Sorry... I think their all gimicks.[/citation]
[citation][nom]wira[/nom]dont anyone else feel like touchscreen is the way to the future?... [/citation]

Is toms's a place where a lot of non-English native speakers come to post?

On topic though, I'm excited for the new mice. I doubt they will fully replace the regular mouse or the 5 button. If they provide superior functionality for gamers, I'm on board.

 

[eyemaster]

There's something to be said about simplicity. Having a traditional mouse with buttons is great. The travel and response of the buttons on a normal mouse are the perfect mix of tactile response. You know when you clicked and it responds right away.

These new designs are more like a touch pad, where sometimes you're not really intending to click but it does anyway, or vice versa.

Still, even if I'm not a fan, I'm interested in how those will pan out.

 

[ssalim]

No. Mouse 2.0 will be scan and utilize brain wave. If it is not this, then it is not Mouse 2.0

 

[Guest]

It's funny that they call it Mouse 2.0. I still have a fully-functional Microsoft Mouse 2.0 with its original box and driver disk from 1992. It's just a plain, white, non-ergonomic PS/2 ball mouse, but it's well-made and accurate. I only use it as a spare, though. The mouse on my PC is a Logitech G5, which is far better

 

[wira020]

Imagine, five fingers touchscreen.. like 1 finger replace left click.. 2 finger for right click... and then so on... rts game would be great with this.. and for more fps kind of game a wii-like controller used...

 

[omnimodis78]

[citation][nom]Envinyanta[/nom]Funny coincidence. Documents are released showing Apple's pushing the mold on their concept of what a mouse is and surprise surprise, Microsoft releases "prototypes" of their next mouse soon afterward. Honestly as a PC user, the Microsoft "prototypes" look like design lab rejects. It's almost as if someone at Microsoft wanted to steal Apple's thunder (and attention) about their new mouse by digging out some half-baked and rejected concepts they had sitting in a box somewhere. I'm not saying Microsoft isn't testing new concepts with mice--of course they are, just like any company does with their products. What I'm saying is bringing out poor and/or failed examples of that innovation on the heels of a competitors 'information leak' reeks of schoolyard "me too" oneupmanship.[/citation]
I totally agree! Why is the thumbs down? None of you on here can honestly tell me that any of those mice seem remotely evolutionary. I mean as long as a mouse has to be dragged by my hand, and my fingers have to press buttons on it, it's going to remain a Mouse 1.0!

 

[lordfakie]

A mouse replacement coul not be called a mouse, it has to be a lizard or some other animal, those in the photos looks like bugs or something. Hope Disney does not sue microsoft for calling it a mouse, like apple does.

 

[danny69t]

[citation][nom]bamslang[/nom]Grammar police here... will people PLEASE learn how to use correct tense and how to use the correct form of there/their/they're!?Is toms's a place where a lot of non-English native speakers come to post?[/citation]
YES! there are a lot of non-English native speakers posting on Tom's. I, personally am one of them too, and i know my english is not that good when it comes to writing and grammar too, but i hope that in most cases people who read my comment understand what i'm trying to say.

Ontopic: I like the design of the first mouse in the picture. I wonder how much these mouse 2.0 will cost