The Open Office Mouse

Published on November 7th, 2009

Posted by Uncle Dave in computers, strange

Click pic to learn all about it

With support for “18 buttons, an analog joystick, and support for as many as 52 key commands,” it’s for people who think the new Apple Magic Mouse has gone a tad too far the other way. Designed for use with the free Open Office suite, the three extra fingers needed to operate it are, well, extra.

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# 1 Jetfire said, on November 7th, 2009 at 4:14 pm

Reminds me of my old CAD Digitizer until it went windows.

# 2 brm said, on November 7th, 2009 at 4:19 pm

This basically sums up what’s wrong with open source software.

# 3 Jägermeister said, on November 7th, 2009 at 4:26 pm

#2 – brm

Thank goodness we got our crack lords of Redmond.

# 4 hhopper said, on November 7th, 2009 at 4:33 pm

My Logitech mouse has 11 buttons on it and I have them all programmed… very handy.

# 5 Nugget Coombs said, on November 7th, 2009 at 4:47 pm

This thing looks like either a joke, or just the toy to aggravate Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, not very ergonomic at all.

# 6 Somebody_Else said, on November 7th, 2009 at 5:16 pm

#2, My thoughts exactly.

# 7 FreshAmericanBison.com said, on November 7th, 2009 at 5:35 pm

I love Open Office. I use Open Office Aqua every day on my iMac. However, is this mouse serious? Is this a joke?

# 8 FreshAmericanBison.com said, on November 7th, 2009 at 5:37 pm

Yes it’s serious

# 9 JimR said, on November 7th, 2009 at 5:43 pm

I just took a look at the Apple’s Magic Mouse. It’s the logical advancement to compliment touch screens, unlike the overloaded joke pictured above.

# 10 Animby said, on November 7th, 2009 at 6:24 pm

Ah, jeez! It’s wired!

I’ll wait for a BlueTooth version. And for the extra three fingers I’ll need transplanted onto my hand to be covered by National Health Insurance…

# 11 qb said, on November 7th, 2009 at 8:32 pm

It’s been done.

# 12 Rick Cain said, on November 7th, 2009 at 9:56 pm

Its a very old concept actually. The man who invented the mouse was a big proponent of having essentially two controllers, one a mouse and another a multibutton interface.

I guess they merged it into one.

# 13 KMFIX said, on November 7th, 2009 at 10:04 pm

I actually like the idea of this mouse.. For 3D and all the silly command keys I could program into this.. Seems like a dream…

# 14 EastCoastNerd. said, on November 7th, 2009 at 10:12 pm

That looks so pc clunky.

I dont want to find that in my junk pile a couple years from now.

Thats all the world needs more garbage.

I have Ubuntu 9.1, Vista-x64, OSX Leopard

My fav apps are winamp, movie maker, Kino (Linux Video editor), garage band, VLC (Except when it skips playing shoutcast video).

# 15 Vintage Electronics Functionality said, on November 8th, 2009 at 12:48 am

The world needs this like…
Most users are akin to the person who buys a DVD player or formerly VHS tape machine
All they want to do is play movies not any of the advanced features

# 16 joshjellel said, on November 8th, 2009 at 1:21 am

Is there a left-handed version? I’m not going to be able to work that joystick very well with my pinky.

Nevermind, I’m not actually serious—this thing looks stupid.

# 17 Uncle Dave said, on November 8th, 2009 at 4:26 am

#15: It looks symmetrical, so with a software switch to swap sides, it should work for lefties.

# 18 moss said, on November 8th, 2009 at 5:06 am

Magic Mouse works just fine. Bought one to try – ain’t going back to previous.

People who make “ideological” decisions about functionality, about multi-touch for example, would be hilarious – if they weren’t such fools.

# 19 Eric said, on November 8th, 2009 at 5:24 am

It looks like it was designed by this guy.

After the first minute (the important part anyway), NSFW!

# 20 Dale said, on November 8th, 2009 at 6:31 am

Sure, it’s easy to increase the buttons on a three, even 5 button mouse, but can they get a more usable number than the 100+ keys on a standard keyboard? I only use half, if that many.

# 21 Ho-Lip Tex said, on November 8th, 2009 at 3:12 pm

I totally want this. 3d software and games are meant for this. Troglodytes need not apply

# 22 JWKessler said, on November 8th, 2009 at 6:23 pm

Why not just stick a laser on the bottom of your keyboard and eliminate one gizmo on your desk?

# 23 GetSmart said, on November 8th, 2009 at 6:32 pm

All the other buttons besides the Left, Right and Scroll is what I use the damn keyboard for anyway. This thing looks like a six month learning curve before you stop getting tea bagged in Call of Duty.
Open Source doesn’t mean you have to have a hole in your head.

# 24 Glenn E. said, on November 9th, 2009 at 12:54 am

Why not replace the mouse with some kind of wireless glove or something. If they can put transponders in car keys (and they can). Why not do the same in some less bulky that computer mice? Maybe a pen or wand.

# 25 Glenn E. said, on November 9th, 2009 at 12:56 am

This pic has got to be a fake. Because the gear shift level is missing.

# 26 lrademac said, on November 9th, 2009 at 5:42 am

as I used to play WoW I would agree a mouse like this would be great with all the keys/buttons for macros up the wazoo…

but it would be killer for people like me with CTS.

I’ll stick with my trackball.

# 27 lrademac said, on November 9th, 2009 at 6:04 am

ha ha ha… clicked the pic to goto the OpenOffice site and read the press release!

I knew it would be perfect for gamers:

“20 default profiles for popular games and applications, including OpenOffice.org 3.1, Adobe Photoshop, the Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), World of Warcraft, and the Call of Duty series.”

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