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- keng, on 10/12/2007, -21/+53FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY WHY!!!!!???
- alecks, on 10/12/2007, -3/+35This is totally pointless unless you have an application that takes advantage of this.
- beni, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28I felt a great disturbance in the Force...as if millions of voices suddenly cried out "WTF?" and were suddenly silenced.
- jakeg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+27title could just as easily be:
"The LAST Dual Cursor Mouse" - loginname, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21I bet it will be made by Gillette!
- thenativeraver, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21http://www.digitalcowboy.jp/products/dctdpm1/index.html
http://www.digitalcowboy.jp/products/dctdpm1/image/clip01.wmv
http://www.digitalcowboy.jp/products/dctdpm1/image/dpm1_gyoukai.gif - bentracy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+22I like what it says at the end. "Does this mean you can now headshot two n00bs at the same time?" That is great
- tito13kfm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18Can't wait until the first tri-pointer mouse. I can finally click on Abort, Retry and Cancel all at the same time.
- dergachev, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17 it's totally "pointless"? I think you are missing the "point", my friend!
- TimmyGUNZ, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Did Gillette design this mouse?
- TheTrueSora, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14That would follow Moore's Law :)
- adamcurtis, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15I'm not being sarcastic, but can anyone think of a practical application for this? If you could control both cursors at the same time, say to select two different columns in excel, I could see its use. But other than that I'm stumped.
- DrGamez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Dude just imagine, 2 folders open; AT THE SAME TIME.
- garywang, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14C'mon guys, think. How's about dual (or more) displays? A cursor on each might be handy.
- TimmyGUNZ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10It's being digged for it's WTF factor. Not everything has to be USEFUL to be on Digg.
- Mousse, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Who wants to wager that two years from now we'll have the first quad cursor mouse?
- scotticus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9If you have 3 monitors and don't feel like dragging the cursor from the left most to the right-most monitor, this could be super useful. You could leave a cursor on one monitor, where you have a control panel or something, and use the other one for normal work on your main screen.
My brother has a day trading rig, and when I use his computer, it's always a pain to find his cursor. There are plenty of uses for this... not so much if you just use one display. - dongiaconia, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Try [ESC], [Enter] or [Space bar]
- dongiaconia, on 10/12/2007, -6/+13So like, this is for people too lazy to move their hand the extra 3" to get the mouse across the screen, and then another 3" back?
- Flankk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Ben: Remember a Jedi can feel the force of dual-cursors.
Luke: You mean it controls your actions?
Ben: Partially, but it also obeys your commands. - soopafly, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9There might be a VERY VERY rare occasion that one could find this useful, but in the amount of time it takes to press that mouse button, and have my eye locate the new cursor, I could just as easily move my wrist about 4 inches and have it across the screen.
- jguy584, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9If you work with two monitors, then this could be extremly useful as you would now have a cursor for each monitor
- Berkana, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Finally! I have been waiting for someone to build a practical two cursor mouse all semester.
I'm serious. I do 3-D modeling in an application with multiple viewports (Rhinoceros), and almost every time I use it, I've wanted to be able to have one cursor handling the items or points I've selected, and another to select tools and options from the pallets and toolbars. With one cursor, you can't do that: try moving to another viewport, and the point you're activley handling moves with the cursor until your cursor leaves the view port. If you have the point or position just right, well, tough toenails; you can't do anything with the cursor without messing that up.
Further more, Rhinoceros uses the right mouse button as the panning/orbiting tool, which leaves me with no contextual menu access. With a multi-cursor mouse, this would not be a problem. I could have the convenience of having the panning/orbiting tool right there while being able to use contextual menus with the same mouse.
The mulit-viewport CAD and 3-D modeling companies ought to jump on this right away. This idea is long overdue! - chaos86, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5i agree, but it would be more useful if it were 2 mice, one pointer each. especially for gaming. think two joystick control style on the xbox and playstation. works for halo, why couldnt 2 mice with 2-4 buttons and a scroll wheel each do the same, if not better job?
- ludwik, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp-y3ZNaCqs
- CoolSilver, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5This is worse than the Mighty Mouse design...
or the hocky puck - shtonkalot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I can't see how this mouse has anything to do with the two cursors.
I mean it must just be some software which you could use with any mouse... Right? - fuzzyfuzz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I guess you could make weird sort macros out of it. Like put one cursor on a firefox tab and the second on another one and then you have a quick switch between tabs button but that's just stupid to buy a mouse for. I would think this could be done with software if you had a mouse with extra buttons.
- craftyshrew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Watch...by an amazing stretch this will end up being the standard in 10 years. I can see the Digg front page article:
"Comments bashing our beloved dual pointer mouse from 2006" - zeldafan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Shhhh, that's for tomorrows front page, they aren't supposed to find out yet. >>
- CompWhiz2010, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I can see this on Cnet's Top 10 worst products list "http://www.cnet.com/4520-11136_1-6313439-1.html"
- teh_toaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'm sure that with a couple of driver changes or 3rd-party apps a normal mouse with 3 or 5 buttons could match whatever this mouse it supposed to be useful for.
- TheShrike, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Just how many buttons will it take to satisfy you windows users?
- compu73rg33k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The only way this is useful at all is if you're amedextorous(sp?) and can use 2 mice at once.
- Flankk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"Photoshop? If you're working on something precise, then need to change brushes or something on the toolbar without losing your place."
That's what keyboard shortcuts are for. - supersteve, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4why would any body want this.
Dual CPUs.... great
Dual Displays... great
Dual Mouse.... WTF - posure, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is dumb if only one cursor can be controlled at any given time anyways.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I can't see any practical value of this technology. When would someone ever want to click on two things at once? Also, what about when you click on two things at the same time?
To give yourself an idea of how easy it's going to be to use this technology, I would suggest trying to spin your arms in opposite directions at the same time. I'm sure the two things are about equivalent in difficulty. - cadpo76, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3To select two different columns in Excel (as well as two or more items in any kind of Windows list) just hold down Ctrl.
- nbx909, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4and the point is?
- Thisstinks, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5One cursor moving between both monitors works just fine and is really all that is needed. I fail to see the usefulness of this device.
- potifer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Photoshop? If you're working on something precise, then need to change brushes or something on the toolbar without losing your place. Shrug.
- JustinGN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2See, now /that/ would be just plain silly. ;)
- JustinGN, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3See? See everyone? Someone here actually has a need for one. Ha! And you all said it was useless. =p
- zeldafan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It could be useful to computer artists and animators to get around easier with enough practise.... well if you were either of those you'd know what I was talking about.
I think it's neat but nothing I'll be getting anytime soon. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3i have been looking for something like this for a long time. this can make some of my cad work much easier.
- darb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Oo! Now I can cheat at solitaire! Finally...
Drag the top card over, snatch that card you want underneath with the other cursor.
I can't be the only one who thinks about doing that...
(For the comment analyzers, and digg haters that will soon say "Software restrictions would prevent such a..." - it's a joke. Laugh a little) - ravuya, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Useful, but I can get the same functionality in my programs now by embedding the manymouse library and plugging in a second USB mouse. And it works on any of the big three platforms.
It seems quite useful for games -- which is where the manymouse library is intended to go. - CLIFFosakaJAPAN, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4More of anything is better....more money, more girls, more cars......okay, maybe NOT more hangovers...
- JustinGN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I can see use for it in a creative environment in the future (When the menus are more deep and complex, etc), but at this point in time its usefulness is quite limited. Still, A for originality. Though it would be nifty if it worked in Q3A...
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