Building the mouse Logitech won't make

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450 points sammycdubs | 1 comments | 25 Aug 25 15:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.23s | source

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Eric_WVGG ◴[25 Aug 25 17:19 UTC] No.45016257[source]▶

shout out for SteerMouse! https://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/ (macOS)

It's a kind of magical mouse driver that supports nearly every USB mouse made, including _all_ the quirky little buttons and extra functions. As the author said, it's ultra-light-weight, native Mac UI (none of that weird chrome slop that companies like Razer insist upon using).

I use mine with a funky Razer "MMO" mouse that has a funny numeric keypad on the side — all ten of the keys (plus the normal assortment of buttons) can be mapped any way I like.

It came out all the way back in 2005, and has worked reliably ever since. Flat fee for the license, no subscriptions, free demo. Basically everything we all wish apps were.

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trelane ◴[25 Aug 25 17:41 UTC] No.45016515[source]▶

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I am surprised folks are still installing software for their mouse.

Guess I have just used Linux too long and expected mice to just work.

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Eric_WVGG ◴[25 Aug 25 18:23 UTC] No.45017126[source]▶

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sincerely curious — does Linux natively map the numeric keypad on my mouse? Is there a GUI?

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1. trelane ◴[25 Aug 25 21:05 UTC] No.45019006[source]▶

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It does not. I guess my devices aren't exotic enough.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Razer_peripherals

I think things like extra buttons work fine. But if it gets too far out there, you have to get something that someone reverse engineered. Because proprietary software and devices are the norm, unfortunately.

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