Drivers

Install

Installation was pretty quick for both mice. Not that I can remember a day when installing a mouse was difficult. It was so easy that I actually have both of the mice installed on my computer, at the same time no less. If I had a third mouse to test, it would be in there too. For now, I have two of them plugged into the USB ports - you've got to love excess.

Choices choices

MouseMan Buttons

Utter and complete dopeness

You would think that I would run into some problematic stuff with two mice installed, such as driver issues and other funky stuff. No such thing with these two blue wonders; Logitech did a bang-up job on the drivers. Before I get into the features and options, I have to say a few words about the devices tab. This section in their drivers is what amazed me the most. It allowed me to flip between what mouse I wanted to configure. The repercussions of this are massive. Well, maybe not earth shattering. But this does mean I can have two different sensitivities running at the same time. Essentially, one mouse to suit my insanely high sensitivity for the Windows desktop, and a lower one for gaming, or shall I say Counter-Strike? Not only am I able to have different sensitivities, I can even have totally different button functions on the mice. This scores mucho points with us.

Features

Along with the usual pointer selection and motion control, the drivers have some pretty cool features, the major one being button assignments. You are usually able to assign some basic tasks to some of the extra buttons through the drivers provided, but most other mice never really gave me the urge to keep their software on my computer for more than a second. The added features simply don't deserve the space they take up. This says a lot for since most of the drivers rarely top a few meg.

MouseMan Setup

Wheel Setup

With the Logitech drivers, the ability to give almost any task to any of the buttons is made available. You are able to assign keys from the keyboard and other functions such as: cut, paste, minimize, undo, and a slew of others. For our less computer savvy friends, you can even assign a button to go directly to Windows help.

Even more exciting were the built in menus that Logitech provides. The one that deserves mention is the WebWheel. Once a button is clicked a wheel that is sliced up into a pie appears. From there one can assign five websites to the buttons. There are also other features such as: access to Favorites folder, back, forward, reload and access to the Logitech help files.