I needed another corded mouse and this time around I thought of @PKL@mastodon.social and @pronk@mastodon.social instead of Logitech’s shareholders. These guys make open source mice among other open source hardware under the brand Ploopy. You can order one from them, assembled or as a kit, or you could print and build it entirely by yourself.
The mouse itself is pretty great. Coming from a long line of Logitech (MX518/G5/G500/G502), it’s a bit larger than what I’m used to but I think I’m getting accustomed to it.
Here’s another shot of it:
Mine arrived today, have you ever had issues where holding down RMB also holds down LMB with it? I’ve experimented with loosening the top screw slightly, and it’s greatly improved this behaviour but I don’t believe it’s been eliminated.
Haven’t noticed any issue. That said overtightening the top screw does cause the button cover to warp a bit.
I managed to resolve this by slightly loosening the top screw, they work fairly reliabily now. I need to look into perhaps increasing the friction of the scroll wheel, as I’m finding that sudden movement causes it to rock and scroll accidentally. I’m wondering if I could grease the ends of the scroll bar or something to that effect.
stumbled upon this really cool mod leveraging megnets to introduce some tactility to the mousewheel, I might need to pick up an FDM printer to experiment 😊
e: seems the revised model leverages magnets to increase friction only, but I think that would also work