The WarMouse Meta has been described as "the king of all computer mice", "the most insane mouse ever", "an 18-button freak", "the most advanced mouse we've ever seen" and even "by far the best mouse I've ever owned". It is the world's first multi-button laser joystick mouse. Unlike most gaming mice and application-specific input devices, its 18 buttons are truly programmable and can be assigned to two commands per application apiece. With 512k of flash memory, the Meta holds up to 3,072 game and application commands at one time.
The Meta is one of the first computer mice to incorporate an analog joystick and is the first mouse to permit the use of the joystick to press keys or trigger macros. In the three joystick-as-keyboard settings, the user can assign four, eight, or ten different commands to the joystick and each of the 64 modes stored in the mouse can utilize a different joystick setting. There are two analog joystick settings, and the user can choose between having seven joystick buttons available or using all 18 buttons as keyboard and/or mouse commands instead.
The features of the WarMouse Meta include:
- 18 programmable mouse buttons with double-click functionality
- High-resolution laser sensor with resolution adjustable from 100 to 5,600 DPI/CPI
- Five assignable button modes: Key, Keypress, Macro, Mouse, and Mouse-Key Combo
- Analog Xbox 360-style joystick with six analog and digital settings
- Clickable scroll wheel
- 512k of flash memory
- 64 on-mouse application modes with hardware, software, and autoswitching capability
- 1024-character macro support
- Meta Modeware for creating, managing, and customizing game and application modes
- Import and export of custom modes in XML format
- Taskbar display of active application mode
- PDF export of application mode button assignments
- Graphical pop-up map of application mode button assignments
- 64 default modes for popular games and applications, including Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, OpenOffice.org Writer, Calc, and Impress, 3D Studio Max, Autodesk AutoCAD, 3DS Max, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe Reader, the Gnu Image Manipulation Program, Aion Online, World of Warcraft, Counter Strike, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
For an unbiased user's perspective, here is a hands-on take from one of the first WarMouse customers to receive and start using his Meta: "I love my Meta, having mapped out a mode for Dragon Age: Origins—which I'm almost playing one handed now—was leagues easier then any other hardware/software package I've encountered.... The Meta is by large and by far the best mouse I've ever owned and will be my last mouse, unless you release a MK. II."
EU and UK customers: Please note that we cannot yet accept orders with European/UK addresses; we are working with the credit card company and will be able to accept your orders soon.
NOTE BEFORE PLACING ORDER: We have placed a temporary halt on all WarMouse shipments while we fix the three quality issues that were listed on the development blog. You can still place your orders and we recommend that you do so if you want to get a mouse as soon as possible, but we will not be shipping them until the fixes are verified and they have been incorporated into the second production run. We will announce that shipments have been resumed on the development blog as soon as the replacement mice are sent out to the first group of Meta buyers.
This product was added to our catalog on Friday 15 January, 2010.
