Re: CRAP Poll: My Mouse Is...

On 5/28/2024 1:35 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

 I've been late with this month's Completely Random And Pointless Poll.
So I won't take too long on the intro for this one. This time, let's
focus on your mouse. You know, that wiggly lil' plastic gadget beneath
your hand. Let's describe it!
 Please answer the following question. My mouse is:

    2) ... A high-end gaming mouse; high-DPI and easily
    programmable so I can pwn the n00bs!
     3) ... A high-end regular mouse; more than the usual 3-buttons
    and perhaps an above-average DPI. I'm a good office worker!

Myself, I fall firmly into category 3, with my stylish and comfortable
Logitech mouse. Six buttons, although I almost never use any but the
main two. (well, more accurately -given my habit of collecting useless
electronics- I have a multitude which spans almost the entire list.
But my primary mouse -the one I most often use- is as boring as
described above).
  So describe your mouse? Do you let your hand wallow in luxury with the
highest-end pointing device available, or tempt carpal tunnel with
something that only vaguely resembles a mouse? The compilers of CRAP
poll data need a response!
 

Logitech G502-Hero
https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/gaming-mice/g502-hero-gaming-mouse.910-005469.html
Which fits somewhere between 2-3 I'd guess.
It was recommended by a couple people here and was very popular elsewhere.  I don't like the software to configure it, there's a couple places you can do it, and one of them was the wrong one.  It also wants you to find the game and tie it to the game then it's supposed to change the configuration to that game as you enter and leave it.  However it doing that is flakey, it doesn't always do it, and I just want to set it to that mode and leave it until I play something else.  It tends to get confused by alt-tabbing or just leaving the window.
Because of how arcane it is I only ever set it up with Dark Souls 3 and one other game I don't remember what.  Unfortunately Elden ring was even more unfriendly to using a mouse than DS3, and I couldn't really use it and had to constantly switch back and forth to controller depending what I was doing which was too much trouble.
The extra buttons are mostly very small some long and thin, and weirdly placed though and I have some trouble using them.
It works fairly well and is comfortable as a normal mouse, but the button to change resolution is on the side and I occasionally accidentally press it by banging it into the keyboard.  I also tend to hit the resolution button when scrolling as it's right below the wheel lock. Both those are annoying in games as it pops up a message over the game window in the bottom right distracting and slowing me down.
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My favorite I ever had was a Razor Naga which had 10 buttons by default mapped to the keyboard number row 1 through 0 on the side meant for use with an MMO.  I never mapped those to anything else, and they were somewhat hard to use due to being the very tiny size, but I did use them on occasion, and I did do the other way where I mapped those keys in games to other functions.  It eventually died, and I replaced it after using a standard 2(3) button mouse for awhile.  The replacement required a username password with Razer to log in to open their configuration software.  Due to an error on their website I wasn't able to create an account.  I emailed their support multiple times with no response.  I continued using it, but the mouse started having problems after a very short time (around 6 months if I remember correctly.
Razor is now on my never buy from again, and warn others as often as it comes up due to these issues list.
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