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I wish most USB devices wouldn't need drivers at all, and just use standard interfaces. It's a mouse, we've been making them for half a century, why could it po

I wish most USB devices wouldn't need drivers at all, and just use standard interfaces. It's a mouse, we've been making them for half a century, why could it possibly need a custom protocol?

queuebert 5y ago
I've never installed the drivers for my mice. They all point and quite often click.
dec0dedab0de 5y ago
That is a good point, but that would limit things to the standards. Sure, things that are standard should use standard interfaces, and I bet this mouse works perfectly fine with the standard interface, but adds some extra functionality beyond that. Granted, it's absurd it needs internet access, I'm just saying that regardless of how well they are written, it would be nice if some drivers were available from the device itself.
- Denvercoder9 5y ago
  What functionality can a mouse have that couldn't have been standardized 20 years ago? I haven't encountered a mouse that had more than some sort of pointing device, scrollwheels, buttons and possibly some LEDs.
  - the_only_law 5y ago
    > What functionality can a mouse have that couldn't have been standardized 20 years ago? Apparently there are some wacky domain specific mice: https://3dconnexion.com/uk/product/spacemouse-enterprise/ https://3dconnexion.com/uk/product/spacemouse-enterprise/
  - dec0dedab0de 5y ago
    I think someone mentioned this particular model needed the driver for customizing the LEDs. Off the top of my head, non standard features could be haptic feedback, vibrations, or purosely slowing the mouse down for interacting witha game palm print reader electric shock if the wrong person uses it locking mechanism for a secret compartment temperature sensor to let you know you might be sick fan to kick in to cool your hand off if its too hot persistence of vision display using the laser on the bottom That's all I got right now, but the point is if someone wants to do something weird they should be able to.

I wish most USB devices wouldn't need drivers at all, and just use standard interfaces. It's a mouse, we've been making them for half a century, why could it possibly need a custom protocol?

queuebert 5y ago

I've never installed the drivers for my mice. They all point and quite often click.

dec0dedab0de 5y ago

That is a good point, but that would limit things to the standards. Sure, things that are standard should use standard interfaces, and I bet this mouse works perfectly fine with the standard interface, but adds some extra functionality beyond that. Granted, it's absurd it needs internet access, I'm just saying that regardless of how well they are written, it would be nice if some drivers were available from the device itself.

Denvercoder9 5y ago
What functionality can a mouse have that couldn't have been standardized 20 years ago? I haven't encountered a mouse that had more than some sort of pointing device, scrollwheels, buttons and possibly some LEDs.
- the_only_law 5y ago
  > What functionality can a mouse have that couldn't have been standardized 20 years ago? Apparently there are some wacky domain specific mice: https://3dconnexion.com/uk/product/spacemouse-enterprise/ https://3dconnexion.com/uk/product/spacemouse-enterprise/
- dec0dedab0de 5y ago
  I think someone mentioned this particular model needed the driver for customizing the LEDs. Off the top of my head, non standard features could be haptic feedback, vibrations, or purosely slowing the mouse down for interacting witha game palm print reader electric shock if the wrong person uses it locking mechanism for a secret compartment temperature sensor to let you know you might be sick fan to kick in to cool your hand off if its too hot persistence of vision display using the laser on the bottom That's all I got right now, but the point is if someone wants to do something weird they should be able to.