Logitech Puts Windows-8 Button on a Wireless Mouse
Logitech's new mouse features a special Windows 8 button.
Logitech has announced its new M560 wireless mouse that features a little something we haven't seen much before: a Windows 8 button.
The mouse features the renown Logitech Unifying receiver, and it is powered by a single AA battery. Like a lot of other mice from Logitech, it also features the 'Hyper-Fast' scroll wheel, which can have its clicks disabled and go into a 'free-spinning' mode. The mouse also features two extra thumb buttons for navigation, which can be customized in the SetPoint software.
The Windows 8 button featured on the mouse, which Logitech refers to as the 'Windows 8 edge menu button,' brings you straight to the App Bar and Charms Bar. It can also be used to bring up the Metro interface or return to the desktop. Of course, the mouse will also work in conjunction with Windows 7.
Logitech will be releasing the mouse in two colors, white and black, and it will feature an MSRP of $39.99.
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Then the magical windows key + Q to search for all apps/files by typing the name. I found it way faster than looking on a start menu used it in all previous versions of windows too.
In what is the thumbrest area of the pictured mouse, a slight click scrolls through whatever Metro apps are in the background.
You can disable it, you know.
And as amazing as it seems, not everyone is into that sort of game...
I hope other peripheral manufacturers follow suit, but that doesn't really matter that much to me since I'm a Logitech fan myself and I hope they use this feature on all their future mice. I'd love to have that functionality integrated.
Perhaps this mouse isn't for you then?
Most gamers wont use this wireless mouse but rather the G700s or a Razr wireless mouse.
I also would assume it can be disabled, much like most gaming keyboards allow for the windows key to be disabled.
Windows+C, works every time
I bet there are lots of guys who have no clue what Windows+D or Windows+E does...