@NanoRaptor is this real?

@NanoRaptor ahhhh, the classic Marathon Mouse

@NanoRaptor unfortunately and despite repeated requests from gamers, they never made a WASD version, driving many users to third party devices.

@NanoRaptor I
Tbh I don’t hate it

@NanoRaptor

@NanoRaptor I don't hate it. I'm fact I'm intrigued and kinda want it.

@NanoRaptor I would actually buy this

@NanoRaptor Descent 1 & 2 circle strafing made easy

@NanoRaptor surprised the layout isn't

@NanoRaptor approve of the cutting mat background as well

@NanoRaptor It can't be an Apple mouse. It has too many buttons.

@NanoRaptor want!

@NanoRaptor This…actually sounds pretty cool!

@NanoRaptor And now I'm on my second ten-key mouse.

Which incidentally is something Dan Bricklin originally envisioned to be used with spreadsheets, although his vision had the keys on the top.

@NanoRaptor Based on the sheer number of times my arm has moved back and forth from mouse to arrow keys while working, this should qualify as a medical device.

@NanoRaptor Kudos for that alt text. That's some Grade-A stuff!

@NanoRaptor
It's not perfect as some people might think. There are some annoying downsides.

- You can't use both modes at once. To use the keys you have to connect it to the purple port and to use as a mouse you have to connect it to the green port.

- Since PS/2 ports doesn't support 'hot swapping' you have to restart the computer every time you switch between modes.

i can't stop wanting it to have a trackpoint stuck between the arrow keys.

@NanoRaptor This seems like an intriguing FPS idea. Would free up the other hand for action keys.

@NanoRaptor ultimate gaming mouse, look around and straffe with one hand.

@NanoRaptor I think I had an amiga adapter for this

@NanoRaptor I had the ADB extended mouse ]|[ Which ALSO had one of those red cursor nubs in the middle of the cursor keys. It was cursors all the way down after that.

@NanoRaptor If this had side buttons it'd be *perfect* for playing movement shooter race modes (defrag, surf, rocket jump) for people with only one hand!

@NanoRaptor I need one for online gaming 🤣

@NanoRaptor
Ping @fabi1cazenave @NuclearSquid @TheyCallMeHacked
@mmu_man

@NanoRaptor I miss these, but wish they made a left-handed version.

@NanoRaptor The arrows that Apple used for the cursor keys are distinct from the ones on backspace and return, which is great.

I think we all are used to that strange paradigm, where we text- and graphics-cursor are independent most of the time. This isn't the easiest way to so it. We could have another mouse button that toggles between text- and graphics-cursor. Resolution would adapt to the size of the text area, giving you precise control.

@NanoRaptor @lendo and it can be used with the cable attached!

@NanoRaptor I really would like this to exist though.

@NanoRaptor This is so pragmatic and useful in the real world that it can't be apple, it has to be parody.

@NanoRaptor cursed image

@NanoRaptor You know, I'm old enough to remember using Windows 3.1 at work - WITHOUT A MOUSE. It was actually possible in those days as developers always provided keyboard shortcuts for everything.