The Logic Off Topic list

On Sep 10, 2004, at 3:06 AM, Joaquin Medina wrote:

>> I'm using the apple keyboard and the logitech mx900 with my powerbook.
>> They work fine. I do wish logitech would release a driver that 
>> allowed use
>> of the extra buttons on the mouse (2 on the side), but the 3 buttons 
>> and
>> scroll wheel work fine. I tried the microsoft bluetooth mouse but 
>> found
>> the resolution to be terrible. The logitech is much, much better. I 
>> can't
>> tell the difference between it and a usb mouse.
>
> For use the extra buttons you can check the usb-overdrive software
> (www.usboverdrive.com), I use it with my Logitech MX-700 (a
> excelent wireless mouse identical to the MX-900 but is not a
> Bluethoot mouse) and I can program all the buttons and define sets
> for each application. I don´t know if this works with bluethoot
> mouses but you can check it (is a shareware softtware).

I've moved this over to -ot. When I bought the mouse I checked out 
usboverdrive and bluetooth was not support and no mention of it was 
made. I just checked the web site and they're now saying bluetooth will 
be supported with the next release. Sweet. I'd love to have those 
buttons on the side for quick zooming operations.