[HN Gopher] Custom Mouse
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Custom Mouse
Author : todsacerdoti
Score : 62 points
Date : 2022-08-16 12:44 UTC (10 hours ago)
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| drewzero1 wrote:
| This is a really cool project! I have the mouse they're using as
| a shell, so I'll have to remember this when that one dies.
| LeifCarrotson wrote:
| Another open/DIY mouse project is the Ploopy ecosystem, discussed
| here several times:
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| https://ploopy.co/
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| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31777326
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| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28285427
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| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21263264
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| They focus on trackballs and the 3D printed construction. I
| appreciate the pragmatic approach here of buying a cheap
| injection-molded mouse and focusing on the PCB and firmware in
| this project!
| brirec wrote:
| I figure it's worth mentioning Ploopy has a mouse, too!
| etaioinshrdlu wrote:
| I find it somewhat less interesting because there are non-off-
| the-shelf components, requiring you to first buy another mouse.
| mmastrac wrote:
| > Future versions of this project won't use a barebones $15
| dollar mouse off of amazon, and will have much higher quality
| everything, while also hopefully being cheaper
| MaxikCZ wrote:
| As mouse is something I often hold in my hand for 16 hours a day,
| I am extra picky about which I actually buy. Number 1 priority is
| function, followed by ergonomics. I have tried few low and high
| end mice and finally settled on "Swiftpoint Z".
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| Apart from software that leaves some to be desired and
| microswitch that I already had to replace (on auxilliary button,
| 4 years of daily use) the mouse offers: Amazing button
| placement(some are force sensitive), gyroscope and vibrations.
|
| This allows me to have bound to mouse (all in desktop profile):
| Alt+Tab (with dragging to select window), Alt+F4, Ctrl+Tab (as
| Alt Tab but for tabs), CTRL+W (close tab), CTRL+Shift+T (reopen
| last closed tab), Win+M (minimize all), Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V,
| Ctrl+V;Enter, Ctrl+Shift+W (starts to draw boundbox to
| OCR+translate with Capture2Text), CTRL+Shift+LMB (open link in
| new tab and immediatelly switch to it), tilting the mouse to the
| side switches scrollwheel to act as CTRL+"+"/"-" to zoom
| webpages, default Back and Forward buttons, and two buttons
| mapped to F11 and F12 (so I dont have to change profile in almost
| all games).
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| Everything between Alt+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+W included (11
| functions!) is on just 4 physical buttons (two force sensitive,
| two can be lifted as well as pressed, and pressing two of them
| (depending on order) minimizes all or ALT+F4 current window.
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| This doesnt compare to any level of customization I was able to
| get from any other mouse. For working (in 3D software), I switch
| the mouse profile to change those F11 and F12 buttons to instead
| manipulate camera in 3D scene without having to manually engage
| and disengage that mode everytime I want to change my viewport.
| Additionally I have AutoIt (similar to AutoHotkey) script that
| allows me to navigate menus and select often called stuff (ie
| Simulation) in a single click (what would normally take several).
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| I love this mouse so much that I bought one for home and another
| for work.
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| I am aware the mouse is not open, but I assume most people would
| go trough the trouble of getting open mouse exactly for the
| purpose of customization they cant get from their closed mice.
| Since I was able to get enormous levels of customization from
| even closed mouse, I find it still might be relevant to people
| visiting this thread.
| supermatt wrote:
| > However, this first version does 100% work 90% of the time,
|
| You mean: "90% of the time it works EVERY time!"
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjvQFtlNQ-M
| dayvid wrote:
| Big fan of trackball mice, particularly ambidextrous trackball
| mice. They're the only ones that don't give me shoulder issues.
| Scrolling still needs to be perfected with this form factor,
| though. I'm working on seeing if I can make a custom trackball
| attachment for Steam Deck. The trackpad wasn't as great as I
| hoped it would be.
| dwringer wrote:
| The L-Trac trackballs have a large free spinning roller above
| the buttons (which surround the trackball itself). I find it
| really nice for navigating text in one dimension. When I was
| really working on the ergonomics of my setup I experimented a
| bit with a space mouse in my opposite hand to act as a 2d
| scroll device, which I liked pretty well, but I don't bother
| with it.
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