Logitech MX Revolution review
Posted by Bug-E on November 30th, 2006
I recently did a review of the Logitech MX Revolution mouse for www.ioltechnology.co.za.
What I neglected to do before the review went live though, was use the mouse on my MacMini here at work. If I did, the mouse would have received an even higher score than it did, as the Logitech software for Mac OSX is absolutely awesome. And that doesn’t apply just to the MX Revolution’s setup, but even to my dinky old Logitech optical mouse with 3 buttons and a scroll wheel.
The software is so much more intuitive than the Windows equivalent. It allows you to easily change the setup of each individual button, for each individual Application if you really wanted to. I found the very useful for changing (especially) the scroll-wheel’s behaviour between applications, and also the back/forward buttons. For instance, in Firefox I want the scroll-wheel to scroll very quick if I so choose, but in for instance Thunderbird, scrolling up and down through my message list shouldn’t fly through the messages. Back and forward buttons in Thunderbird should take me to the previous and next messages, etc.
The Logitech software just handles this all beautifully. If you run Mac OSX and you’re thinking of what mouse to use other than your Might Mouse (let’s face it, when it comes to number of buttons on a mouse, more is better!), then definitely consider a Logitech mouse…
Tags: review, MX Revolution, Logitech, OSX
June 8th, 2007 at 09:57:36
I had the pleasure of having Logitech send me a Logitech MX Revolution to review, and now at work I curse the fact that I only have one. Its one of those things that once you start to use it, the bar that is your computer experience rises. The closest comparison is dual monitors vs a single monitor. The scroll wheel is my favorite feature especially for web development, or even should the need arise scroll through 3000+ emails in Outlook with a single flick of your wrist. Its sexy and functional, what else can you ask for in a mouse?