WarMouse offers 18-button OOMouse

Monster gadget also includes analogue joystick and onboard memory

WarMouse offers 18-button OOMouse
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9 November 2009 10:37 GMT / By Duncan Geere

A company called WarMouse has seen the problem of trying to remember a million shortcuts in applications like OpenOffice, Photoshop and some video games, and is attempting to solve it by building a slightly ridiculous 18-button mouse with analogue joystick and 512k of onboard memory.

The OOMouse comes with profiles designed specifically for use with the five primary OpenOffice.org applications, as well as a few other apps and games, but the keys are programmable for any app - meaning that you can set them up to do whatever you like. The company is also building up a catalogue of default profiles "for everything from major mainstream applications to obscure DOS abandonware", even offering to create profiles on request.

Warmouse is calling the OOMouse "the complete opposite of Apple's approach", adding "The Magic Mouse has one giant button that can do 10 things, we have 18 buttons that can each do two or more things. And a scroll wheel. And a joystick. And 512k of memory".

And if you're after something like this, but a bit more games-oriented, then you've got the option of the Razer Naga MMO Mouse, or a selection of mice that WarMouse promises it'll be releasing in 2010. We'll keep you posted of that.

In the meantime, the OOMouse works on Linux, Windows and Macs, and costs $75. It'll be available "soon".

 

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  • Does the niche this mouse is aiming for really exist? Most basic users are more than happy to use the nice UI with toolbars, menus and wizards to help them along, whereas power users already have a device with 102 or more buttons they can use with any number of keyboard shortcuts to learn and customise.

    For some reason I just can't shake the bizarre image of Sir Clive Sinclair riding one of these down the street.     Posted by GK, UK
  • So, for people who can't remember keyboard shortcuts (that are mostly intuitive with CTRL+S = Save, CTRL+P = Print etc.), this company lets you try to remember shortcuts that you have placed on 18 anonymous mouse buttons? Posted by Gareth Jones, United Kingdom
  • I wish it was wireless and has 3 buttons on the side under the right hand thumb. For those who doesn't understand purpose of it. I use more than 100 shortcuts. It is really annoying to pres ctrl+shift+i (s, w, p, 8, 9...) every time. I really need such mouse. Posted by konstantin, Canada

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