OpenOffice.org team is going to start selling OOmouse soon. The mouse is going to be manufactured by WarMouse. The mouse will have 18 buttons, 52 commands, and a joystick which you can configure the way you want.
For example, you can use the joystick as arrow keys to move around the spreadsheet cells in Calc or Excel, then use it as a joystick to rotate 3D objects in 3D Studio Max. In Writer or other word processing programs, you can click a button once to Copy, double-click the same button to Cut, and click another button to Paste. In Adobe Reader, you can turn the page, switch between views and zoom levels, or search for text with single button clicks. In AutoCAD, you can assign a function that is nested four menus deep to a single button click. In Adobe Photoshop, you can rapidly switch between layers without ever taking your hand off the mouse or moving the pointer away from the pixels that you’re painting. Macros can be recorded and assigned to button clicks, double-clicks, joystick movements, or scroll wheel positions. You can even use it as a number pad for fast data entry, according to OOmouse.
The mouse will cost $74.99 and is compatible with Windows, Linux, Mac, PS/3, unlike the competitors. The mouse has 512k memory, can store 63 profiles and has a dimension of 110 x 68 x 43mm. For more information, visit OpenOfficemouse.com.
source: OOMouse.
