#MICROSOFT MOUSE SOFTWARE WINDOWS 7 HOW TO#
#MICROSOFT MOUSE SOFTWARE WINDOWS 7 BLUETOOTH#

One thumb swipe - A forward/back gesture, just like the thumb forward and back buttons on most mice (and many keyboards!) these days.

One finger scroll pan (vertically and horizontally).It's a little subtle, but you can play each video with the little blue play button on the left (they look like bullet points.)

#MICROSOFT MOUSE SOFTWARE WINDOWS 7 HOW TO#

It's got a nice side-car window with a lopping video showing you how to do each gesture. The software is a new tab called Touch within the Mouse control panel. I haven't have any issues with poor tracking mice in the last several years since the optical-super-laser-whatever technology came out and this mouse is no exception. It really tracks perfectly, as it should. I don't need to use a mousepad with this mouse, but I always use a WowPad because they make any mouse work better. It's also extremely responsive and tracks on darn near anything. The tracking uses the newer BlueTrack system rather than the Red-light system most of my mice use. I suspect if I opened it up I'd find a small lead weight inside to give it just a smidge of heft.

#MICROSOFT MOUSE SOFTWARE WINDOWS 7 BLUETOOTH#

While the nano receiver has a home inside the base of the mouse for storage, it's unfortunate that there isn't an option for using Bluetooth as I need another nano receiver like I need a hole in the head. There's a nano receiver and batteries are included. You open the box by pulling the lid all the way off and releasing the mouse from it's stand. Inside the lid is directions on how to use the primary gestures. There's even a little magnet to hold the lid down. The package opens up with a multi-fold lid like a treasure chest to expose the mouse beneath a clear cover. It's really nice to see Microsoft getting packaging right in a way that isn't a copy of Apple's packaging. The packaging and OOBE (Out of Box Experience) is cherry. Take a mouse that works like you'd think a mouse should, then add a number of multi-touch gestures so your mouse is everything a mouse is PLUS basic gestures you use with a touchpad or phone. I REALLY want to like the Microsoft Touch Mouse. Sometimes it just makes you happy to refresh the stuff you use every day. Getting a new mouse or a new keyboard is a great inexpensive way to fundamentally change your computing experience.

I've tried dozens of keyboards and mice, and many webcams. I don't have any vested interest in this mouse and I paid for it myself. That said, I don't know anyone in hardware. I work for Microsoft on the Web Platform team.

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