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reprogrammable buttons, adjustable dpi, customizeable lights, etc

Phlebsy 2y ago
Personally, I can understand that for initial setup but hate that the way they're implemented means that it has to always be running, and it frequently has to be restarted to recognize the mouse correctly and apply those settings. Many keyboards have figured this out and don't require anything to be running to keep their settings across multiple devices so it feels like logitech will never improve in this area for the sake of keeping their bloat/spyware on your machine.
- egypturnash 2y ago
  One big thing your keyboards probably aren't doing that mouse drivers are: different settings for different apps.
m463 2y ago
some mice can have the config saved onboard, then don't require a driver.
- Brian_K_White 2y ago
  we need qmk for mice
  - bloopernova 2y ago
    The ploopy mouse has QMK. Layers on a mouse are very useful! https://ploopy.co/mouse/ https://ploopy.co/mouse/
    - Brian_K_White 2y ago
      nice
    - MoreMoore 2y ago
      This looks awesome. Now I just hope somebody will someday a 20 button version.
eikenberry 2y ago
All of those should be state changes in the mouse.. IE. the software should run to make the settings then exit. There should be no reason for it to keep running.
- db48x 2y ago
  They are.
- jsheard 2y ago
  Logitech's best kept secret is they do make a lightweight version of their software for exactly that, it edits the settings saved on the mouse and does absolutely nothing else. It's only available for Windows though. https://support.logi.com/hc/en-ca/articles/360059641133-Onboard-Memory-Manager https://support.logi.com/hc/en-ca/articles/360059641133-Onbo...
  - pxc 2y ago
    Logitech's mice can't do basic things like output a key chord upon a button press using only what's available onboard, sadly. The onboard capabilities are more limited than they have to be, probably to drive people to G-Hub.
  - bdavbdav 2y ago
    They also allow you to manage the pairing of the unifying receiver from web which is neat.
  - adzm 2y ago
    Wow, this is amazing!
- MindSpunk 2y ago
  You don't need to keep it open, it just puts itself in the auto run list on install and you can disable it from launching. The configuration is just state changes on the mouse
- RonaldDump 2y ago
  Their best feature - and the one thing that I have most missed for years after moving to Linux - is automatically changing the active mouse profile based on the focused application. It's so powerful. Any custom buttons for any program, without ever having to think about it. On Linux, without it, I'm stuck manually cycling through the 3 on-board profiles.

Personally, I can understand that for initial setup but hate that the way they're implemented means that it has to always be running, and it frequently has to be restarted to recognize the mouse correctly and apply those settings. Many keyboards have figured this out and don't require anything to be running to keep their settings across multiple devices so it feels like logitech will never improve in this area for the sake of keeping their bloat/spyware on your machine.

egypturnash 2y ago
One big thing your keyboards probably aren't doing that mouse drivers are: different settings for different apps.

m463 2y ago

some mice can have the config saved onboard, then don't require a driver.

Brian_K_White 2y ago
we need qmk for mice
- bloopernova 2y ago
  The ploopy mouse has QMK. Layers on a mouse are very useful! https://ploopy.co/mouse/ https://ploopy.co/mouse/
  - Brian_K_White 2y ago
    nice
  - MoreMoore 2y ago
    This looks awesome. Now I just hope somebody will someday a 20 button version.

eikenberry 2y ago

All of those should be state changes in the mouse.. IE. the software should run to make the settings then exit. There should be no reason for it to keep running.

db48x 2y ago
They are.
jsheard 2y ago
Logitech's best kept secret is they do make a lightweight version of their software for exactly that, it edits the settings saved on the mouse and does absolutely nothing else. It's only available for Windows though. https://support.logi.com/hc/en-ca/articles/360059641133-Onboard-Memory-Manager https://support.logi.com/hc/en-ca/articles/360059641133-Onbo...
- pxc 2y ago
  Logitech's mice can't do basic things like output a key chord upon a button press using only what's available onboard, sadly. The onboard capabilities are more limited than they have to be, probably to drive people to G-Hub.
- bdavbdav 2y ago
  They also allow you to manage the pairing of the unifying receiver from web which is neat.
- adzm 2y ago
  Wow, this is amazing!
MindSpunk 2y ago
You don't need to keep it open, it just puts itself in the auto run list on install and you can disable it from launching. The configuration is just state changes on the mouse
RonaldDump 2y ago
Their best feature - and the one thing that I have most missed for years after moving to Linux - is automatically changing the active mouse profile based on the focused application. It's so powerful. Any custom buttons for any program, without ever having to think about it. On Linux, without it, I'm stuck manually cycling through the 3 on-board profiles.