{"id":756,"date":"2008-04-15T22:29:42","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T22:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bartbusschots.ie\/blog\/?p=756"},"modified":"2008-04-15T22:39:38","modified_gmt":"2008-04-15T22:39:38","slug":"new-mouse-logitech-lx8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bartbusschots.ie\/s\/2008\/04\/15\/new-mouse-logitech-lx8\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mouse &#8211; Logitech LX8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bartbusschots.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/logitechlx8.jpg\" alt=\"Logitech LX8 Cordless Mouse\" width=\"175\" height=\"215\" style=\"border:0px solid black;float:right;\" \/>My wireless mouse&#8217;s ever increasing flakiness finally got to be too much for me last week so I picked up a new one. I&#8217;d become very fond of the side buttons on my old mouse (which I kept linked to expos\u00c3\u00a9e) so I definitely wanted a mouse that had at least one of them, preferably two. I also hate having wires everywhere so I definitely wanted to go wireless again. In the end I settled on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.logitech.com\/index.cfm\/mice_pointers\/mice\/devices\/3618&#038;cl=au,en\" target=\"_blank\">Logitech LX8<\/a> from Logitech.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been using it for about a week now and I&#8217;m exceptionally happy with it. The transceiver is wonderfully small, the mouse is light yet solid and it has plenty of buttons. I particularly like the two side buttons and the fact that the scroll-wheel can be tilted to the left and the right to scroll sideways. The power button at the bottom is also a nice addition. Every cordless mouse I&#8217;ve had so far has been lacking this simple and obvious feature. There is also a warning light on top of the mouse which blinks red when the batteries are running low. Most importantly, the ergonomics also work well for me.<\/p>\n<p>There were optional drivers for OS X but I didn&#8217;t install those. There really is no need. I have all five buttons configured to do exactly what I want so why clutter my system? Also, I don&#8217;t trust Logitech to write OS X drivers after it was found out last year that they were basing their software on a third-party hack that is explicitly not supported by Apple! If you&#8217;re interested in the details of that fiasco check out John Gruber&#8217;s article <a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2007\/10\/blue_in_the_face\" target=\"_blank\">Blue in the Face<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day though what really matters is that I&#8217;m very happy with this mouse. I feel it was money well spent which is always nice \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>[tags]Logitech, mouse, coredless mouse, LX8[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My wireless mouse&#8217;s ever increasing flakiness finally got to be too much for me last week so I picked up a new one. 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