MS Tilt Wheel Technology Review

Dom · Sep 5, 2003, 12:41 AM

ExtremeTech has posted a review on one of Microsoft's new mice with revolutionary Tilt Wheel Technology which allows one to scroll horizontally...

Taking a cue from luxury car makers, Microsoft has just added a tilt capability to its venerable mouse scroll wheel. The ability to tilt from left to right, combined with rolling up and down, is designed to add additional movement capability to your pointer without moving the mouse at all.

Microsoft rolled out their Tilt Wheel Technology with a raft of press releases, mechanical drawings and other fluff. Oh, they also just started shipping the first mouse featuring the technology, the $55 Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer. Does it really work? Is this a mousing revolution, or a gimmick designed to sell expensive mice? We put the technology, and the new product, to the test to find out.

-Review

Sep 5, 2003, 12:41 AM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	MS Tilt Wheel Technology Review ExtremeTech has posted a review on one of Microsoft's new mice with revolutionary Tilt Wheel Technology which allows one to scroll horizontally... Taking a cue from luxury car makers, Microsoft has just added a tilt capability to its venerable mouse scroll wheel. The ability to tilt from left to right, combined with rolling up and down, is designed to add additional movement capability to your pointer without moving the mouse at all. Microsoft rolled out their Tilt Wheel Technology with a raft of press releases, mechanical drawings and other fluff. Oh, they also just started shipping the first mouse featuring the technology, the $55 Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer. Does it really work? Is this a mousing revolution, or a gimmick designed to sell expensive mice? We put the technology, and the new product, to the test to find out. -Review