I know there's quite a few fingertip grippers here and I'm sure that just like me, outside of the office mouse market, you're yet to find something that perfectly fits your grip.
Correct me if I'm wrong:
Fingertippers prefer to "pencil", or in other words, pinch their mouse. This usually means a preference for narrow mice with a pronounced \_/ throughout the length of the body. The FK is a big favorite for that reason, but much like the vast majority of gaming mice, it grows in width towards the butt, ending up with that wide hump designed for comfortable clawing. Combine that with another trend in gaming mice: long body. In order to avoid digging the hump into the back of your hand, your fingertipper (provided the average 18~20cm long hand) will be gripping the mouse right at the point where the mouse becomes wider and vertically flatter, defeating the point of the \_/ which only claw and palmgrippers get to enjoy. Another problem associated with this is that you are restricted access to the tip of the mouse buttons, having instead to click further back which means mushier feedback and higher actuation force on some mice.
As an example, I'll use this office mouse I have laying around that eliminates pretty much all of these issues:
http://i.imgur.com/SDk5S1z.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Lx83Vub.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/WiCBrck.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UWn05GK.jpg
I'm sure that if you tried it, you'd prefer the shape to the FK, FK1, Avior, Abyssus, G100s and other fingertip favorites. Let me explain point by point why this is the case:
It seems absurd to me that these type of shapes are so popular among budget and laptop mice, yet completely ignored in the gaming market. This is why I think this issue warrants it's own thread. I think the problem can be broken down as follows:
I'd like to hear your opinions on the above and your own suggestions for your idea of the perfect fingertip mouse.
Correct me if I'm wrong:
Fingertippers prefer to "pencil", or in other words, pinch their mouse. This usually means a preference for narrow mice with a pronounced \_/ throughout the length of the body. The FK is a big favorite for that reason, but much like the vast majority of gaming mice, it grows in width towards the butt, ending up with that wide hump designed for comfortable clawing. Combine that with another trend in gaming mice: long body. In order to avoid digging the hump into the back of your hand, your fingertipper (provided the average 18~20cm long hand) will be gripping the mouse right at the point where the mouse becomes wider and vertically flatter, defeating the point of the \_/ which only claw and palmgrippers get to enjoy. Another problem associated with this is that you are restricted access to the tip of the mouse buttons, having instead to click further back which means mushier feedback and higher actuation force on some mice.
As an example, I'll use this office mouse I have laying around that eliminates pretty much all of these issues:
http://i.imgur.com/SDk5S1z.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Lx83Vub.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/WiCBrck.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UWn05GK.jpg
I'm sure that if you tried it, you'd prefer the shape to the FK, FK1, Avior, Abyssus, G100s and other fingertip favorites. Let me explain point by point why this is the case:
- The mouse is very narrow.
- The \_/ follows the length of the body instead of just the tip of the mouse.
- The butt recedes instead of growing in width.
- The mouse is very low (height-wise), preventing any chance of the base of your palm coming in contact with the body.
- The mouse is very small and therefore short, meaning you have more freedom of vertical movement without the butt of your palm interfering. Handy for techniques like rocket jumping which require fast and relatively long downward flicks.
It seems absurd to me that these type of shapes are so popular among budget and laptop mice, yet completely ignored in the gaming market. This is why I think this issue warrants it's own thread. I think the problem can be broken down as follows:
- Narrow mice (especially \_/ shaped) are often associated with cramping. I think this is unfair and stems entirely from claw and palm grippers trying to adapt their styles to a shape not designed for this purpose. I've gamed with the example mouse and I've never had anything close to cramping issues. In fact, it is wide mice that make my hand cramp.
- Gaming peripheral manufacturers lack the courage to release a mouse for what they perceive is a small niche interest group. This never stopped Cooler Master from releasing the Spawn that caters to a very specific audience of strict, non-hybrid claw grippers, so, you know. Is there a polite way of saying "do like CM does and grow some balls?". Judging by my observations from following online mouse communities, they'd be surprised at the popularity of a fingertip shape like this.
- Small mice are immediately associated with laptops which is utter nonsense. I think this is some weird "bigger is automatically better" mentality that only has place in design considerations if your only aim is marketing to irrational people who don't really know what they want. I think this community very well knows that this is, unfortunately, often very much the case in the peripheral market.
- Lack of communication from fingertippers. This is perhaps where this thread might help.
I'd like to hear your opinions on the above and your own suggestions for your idea of the perfect fingertip mouse.
