Typeboard

When 17 mouse buttons are just never enough… announcing the 18 button OpenOffice Mouse

Posted on November 9, 2009 by by Jonathon Reynolds

From the Italian city of Orvieto, more prominently known for it’s history and wines rather than high tech equipment comes the announcement of the 18 button Open Office Mouse. (and no today is not April 1st).

This mouse ups the ante on the Razer Naga 17 button mouse by introducing an extra button – making a total of 18.

The mouse has an impressive list of features:

18 programmable mouse buttons with double-click functionality
Three different button modes: Key, Keypress, and Macro
Analog Xbox 360-style joystick with optional 4, 8, and 16-key command modes
Clickable scroll wheel
512k of flash memory
63 on-mouse application profiles with hardware, software, and autoswitching capability
1024-character macro support.
Open source support software for creating, managing, and customizing application profiles
Import and export of custom profiles in XML format
Optional audio notification of profile switching with customizable wave files
PDF export of profile button assignments
Adjustable resolution from 400 to 1,600 CPI
20 default profiles for popular games and applications, including OpenOffice.org 3.1, Adobe Photoshop, the Gnu Image Manipulation Program, World of Warcraft, and the Call of Duty series.