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:
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