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Logitech MX Master 3 vs. 2S Teardown

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Re: Logitech MX Master 3 vs. 2S Teardown

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Post by solnyshok »

frosted-flakes wrote: post #142
lilyball wrote: post #53

I love the Logitech hardware quality but I really wish they'd work on their software quality. I'm using a G502 at work right now with Logitech Gaming Software and the two completely baffling decisions they made with that software on macOS: 1. It has to be running. If I launch it for configuration and hit ⌘Q it stops working and my mouse reverts to the default. I have to remember to close the window instead, which lea…

The Logitech software for the MX mouse interferes with two-finger touchpad scrolling on my Surface Pro 3. I don't know how or why, but clearly they're doing something very wrong. I went years before I figured out that no, touchpad scrolling is not supposed to scroll three screens per millimetre.

omg! thank you so much. I was scratching my head about loss of two-finger scrolling and totally forgot about Logi software installed (Windows 10, hp elitebook 820g1)

Re: Logitech MX Master 3 vs. 2S Teardown

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Post by solnyshok »

dlevine wrote: post #148

I use an MX Anywhere 2 at work and an MX Anywhere at home. I love both of them (so much that I soldered in new microswitches when the original buttons on the MX Anywhere wore out). I have never tried an MX Master. I have been curious, but I don't need the second scroll wheel. I think the software is somewhat convoluted. My actual preference is that Mac OS would support all of the functionality natively. I think it's…

I have had one defective switch on AMX. But nothing like that on 2 AMX 2S that I bought more than a year ago (one for office, one for home). I think they improved something with AMX S2 switches.

Re: Logitech MX Master 3 vs. 2S Teardown

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Post by jasomill »

lilyball wrote: post #53

I love the Logitech hardware quality but I really wish they'd work on their software quality. I'm using a G502 at work right now with Logitech Gaming Software and the two completely baffling decisions they made with that software on macOS: 1. It has to be running. If I launch it for configuration and hit ⌘Q it stops working and my mouse reverts to the default. I have to remember to close the window instead, which lea…

You can remap all G502 buttons to HID mouse button events, just not using any Logitech-supplied software.

Fortunately, these mappings are persistent, so reconfiguring the mouse from a Linux VM, once and for all, was, for me at least, a reasonable alternative.

Unfortunately, the mappings are sufficiently persistent that I don't remember the name of the Linux (command-line) utility that I used several years ago to configure my G502, but a quick Google search suggests the Piper[1] GUI app may be up to the task.

Caveat: if you ever plan on using the mouse with Windows, bear in mind that the Windows HID mouse driver only directly supports buttons 1–5 (though I have observed that the remainder do generate events in the underlying driver stack, so you could hypothetically work around this limitation by writing a filter driver to remap the events, assuming no such driver currently exists).

[1] https://github.com/libratbag/piper/

Re: Logitech MX Master 3 vs. 2S Teardown

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Post by jasomill »

allovernow wrote: post #124
lilyball wrote: post #80

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I haven't heard about SteerMouse in over a decade. I didn't realize it was still around. I should check it out.

I have to use it because Apple, in it's infinite wisdom, does not offer the option to disable pointer acceleration in osx. Which is infuriating.

FYI: the free SteelSeries ExactMouse tool does this, and only this, and should work with all mice supported by Apple's built-in driver.

Re: Logitech MX Master 3 vs. 2S Teardown

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Post by VectorLock »

2muchcoffeeman wrote: post #163
VectorLock wrote: post #137

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Wake me up when they resurrect their most famous trackball: The Trackman Marble FX.

Check out Elecom trackballs. https://www.amazon.com.au/ELECOM-M-DT2URBK-Trackball-Finger-... Wireless, uses AA batteries. Not as expensive as the latest Logitech trackball.

I have that exact trackball.

Its not anywhere close.

Re: Logitech MX Master 3 vs. 2S Teardown

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Post by VectorLock »

sunstone wrote: post #154
VectorLock wrote: post #137

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Wake me up when they resurrect their most famous trackball: The Trackman Marble FX.

The Logitech MX Ergo might be worth a look. Definitely works for me. Probably not great for gaming though.

Not a fan of thumb balls, personally.

The Logitech Trackman Marble is my go-to now, but its nowhere near the legendary FX.

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