LogiTech MX610 Review
LogiTech MX610 Review
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My first observation is the physical size of this mnouse. I have your typical "office-goon" hands... not too small... but large & strong enough to defend against the occasional vice-grip hand-shake. This MX610 mouse is smaller than the MX1000, and smaller also than my trusty Intellimouse. I don't like that.
Now... before I can really start "reviewing"... I need a little help from a 610 user... Jeff.
What button assignment have you set to the wheel on your 610?
I can't get the ROTATE VIEW function to work for me on the wheel. I think I've tried every option that makes sense to me. Now, in desperation, I'm going to try the ones that can't possibly work.
Also... I did downloaded the latest driver.
Windows XP / Wireless Intellimouse Explorer
SolidWorks 2007 SP1.0 / SpaceBall 5000
Lava Lamp
www.Tate3d.com
Now... before I can really start "reviewing"... I need a little help from a 610 user... Jeff.
What button assignment have you set to the wheel on your 610?
I can't get the ROTATE VIEW function to work for me on the wheel. I think I've tried every option that makes sense to me. Now, in desperation, I'm going to try the ones that can't possibly work.
Also... I did downloaded the latest driver.
Windows XP / Wireless Intellimouse Explorer
SolidWorks 2007 SP1.0 / SpaceBall 5000
Lava Lamp
www.Tate3d.com






RE: LogiTech MX610 Review
I've tried using the rotate feature with the middle mouse button, but this is tough if you have a lateral scroll feature through the wheel/button as well, since it's difficult to push directly down and not sideways on this button. But again, I love the shape of this mouse and use the features the other buttons provide quite a lot in other applications to a great extent.
If you really want the middle scroll button for rotating your view, I'd recommend getting a mouse without the lateral scroll--and also feel the "click" of that button to see if it provides enough tactile feedback to know whether it's clicking or not--some are very muddy feeling and difficult to use for that reason. Unfortunately, going after a mouse of this kind will probably land you in a different mouse class that's dumbed down in the other features you're looking for.
Where did you find a MX-610 these days, anyway?
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: LogiTech MX610 Review
ARROW KEYS
It'd be nice if I could totally disable the Set Point software when usung SolidWorks... Then the wheel would work right. But I don't see that as an option.
So, it's not looking good for the MX610 either... but I'll kick it around for another day or 2.
Windows XP / Wireless Intellimouse Explorer
SolidWorks 2007 SP1.0 / SpaceBall 5000
Lava Lamp
www.Tate3d.com
RE: LogiTech MX610 Review
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: LogiTech MX610 Review
I have an MX518. It doesn't have a tilt wheel, but it does have little buttons at the ends of the wheel. They are intended to be for increasing/decreasing mouse sensitivity during gaming. However, the "increase" button is very handy to reprogram as "middle button". It has a nice low activation force, much less than clicking the wheel on any wheel mouse I've used, and it's positioned in an easy-to-acces spot.
I did install the UberOptions referenced in the MX1000 thread. Application-specificity was the one thing I found sorely lacking with the 518, and now I have it.
I did try one of the MS mice with tilt wheel. It had a far too high wheel-button actuation force, but I did really like the smooth, no-clicks-when-scrolling wheel. So I took my MX518 apart, bent the little spring that makes it click, and packed the hollow axle pocket with a high-viscosity synthetic grease. I liked the result so much that I did it to my mouse at home as well. I've since performed a "click-ectomy" for several others in the office.
RE: LogiTech MX610 Review
I do like your mouse-mods... but don't want to go there for a work mouse.
I agree about the new Intellimouse wheel click resistance... but I do like the ratchet feel of my old Intellimouse.
Windows XP / Wireless Intellimouse Explorer
SolidWorks 2007 SP1.0 / SpaceBall 5000
Lava Lamp
www.Tate3d.com
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Windows XP / Wireless Intellimouse Explorer
SolidWorks 2007 SP1.0 / SpaceBall 5000
Lava Lamp
www.Tate3d.com
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So here are my SolidWorks settings (non-default) so far...:
Windows XP / Wireless Intellimouse Explorer
SolidWorks 2007 SP1.0 / SpaceBall 5000
Lava Lamp
www.Tate3d.com
RE: LogiTech MX610 Review
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: LogiTech MX610 Review
MX 600
1
2
3 Middle Button
4 Pan
5 Enter (you get quite attached to this one, it does everything. Almost.)
6 do nothing (so I don't inadvertantly press it) or middle button
7 do nothing (so I don't inadvertantly press it) or middle button
8
9
10 insert sketch
RE: LogiTech MX610 Review
I tried the lateral scroll...(pushing the wheel left or right to laterally scroll)... but this feature conflicts too much when zooming in/out with the wheel... so the lateral scroll feature has been disabled.
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I've been spoiled by the girth of my Intellimouse. And I don't have big-O lumberjack hands either.
When are they gonna start marketing man-sized mice? Jeff... comments...?
Windows XP / Wireless Intellimouse Explorer
SolidWorks 2007 SP1.0 / SpaceBall 5000
Lava Lamp
www.Tate3d.com
RE: LogiTech MX610 Review
I like super-fast speed for moving across my huge monitor without making panicked-looking scrolling gestures with my mouse. As a result, I stay on the little mouse pad with fingers curled around the mouse in a spider-like pose. That way, it's really my fingertips that flex to allow precise movement with the mouse (instead of my wrist, elbow, or shoulder, like most normal people). In this case, having a smaller mouse is much easier.
I detest the outer surfaces of mice (mouses?) that slope downhill toward my desktop without sufficient undercut for me to pick up my mouse with little pressure (like many of the earlier non-Logitech attempts at good mouse design featured).
So if you're like normal people, you probably would like something to fill the girth of your hand better because of the way you use your mouse. The way I use it, my palm really doesn't touch the mouse--only five fingertips.
Since people use them different ways, designers need to address both styles (and hence, sizes) to accommodate everyone.
(I am similarly like this with mountain bike frames--small, light frame [Bridgesone MB-1] for very technical trials-style riding instead of the traditional form-fitting frame that will let me stretch out my legs. Perhaps it runs across many areas of my personality.)
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: LogiTech MX610 Review
I suppose I just like my mice a little girthy... like my women.
Windows XP / Wireless Intellimouse Explorer
SolidWorks 2007 SP1.0 / SpaceBall 5000
Lava Lamp
www.Tate3d.com