Logitech MX610 laser mouse takes a jump to the left

Southpaws looking for the latest in mousing tech no longer have to switch hit or endure wrist-twisting contortions, now that Logitech has announced a left-handed version of the company's MX610 laser mouse. The lefty mouse, due out in April, matches the features of its right-handed sibling, including dedicated buttons for e-mail and IM, volume controls, and four-direction scrolling. And, remarkably, Logitech is pricing the new version at $59.99, the same price the company charges for the righty mouse. Could it be that Guerrino De Luca, the company's left-handed CEO, is behind the egalitarian move? Regardless, we're ready to pre-order this one and toss our wrist splint for good.

[Kevin @ Mar 8th 2006 1:07PM]

Hell hath frozen over!

Thank you for thinking about the 15-20 of us that are left handed :D I am so picking this bad boy up!

[Pat Cunningham @ Mar 8th 2006 1:15PM]

I find it funny.

I am left handed but have always used the mouse with the right hand. Although I truly think Lefty products are good I don't know how successful this will be due to lefties like me.

[dmek @ Mar 8th 2006 1:17PM]

My days of oppression are over!

[Dennis @ Mar 8th 2006 1:20PM]

Sweet!
It's about time.

[Michael H. @ Mar 8th 2006 1:22PM]

This is great.

[crsyuen @ Mar 8th 2006 1:25PM]

Psh! You lefties aren't oppressed...just marginalized by society as a whole.

[will ferrel @ Mar 8th 2006 1:46PM]

available only at flander's leftporium?

[chenzen @ Mar 8th 2006 1:47PM]

Oh this is great news!

Here's hoping that the next generation of handheld devices (video ipod) have ambidexeterous design.

[will ferrel @ Mar 8th 2006 1:49PM]

available only at flander's leftporium?

[dubble @ Mar 8th 2006 1:50PM]

I'm a righty, but use the mouse with my left hand. This is great!

[Sy @ Mar 8th 2006 1:57PM]

OMG I am in line to get one! Thank you Logitech for paying attention to 11% of the population! I guess the countless emails to Logitech helped!

[adam @ Mar 8th 2006 2:04PM]

it's about time!
microsoft usually has symmetric mice at least. logitech has only ever had symmetric mice on veryultralowend mice.

[Andrew @ Mar 8th 2006 2:17PM]

I've got to tell you, I'm left-handed, but have been mousing right handed for as long as there have been mice. It just never seemed worth it to buck the status quo and keep moving the mouse over to the left on shared (ie family) computers. My point is, I don't know a single lefty that actually mouses lefty. I'm more annoyed by pen-input devices that force you to use right-hand scroll bars, causing your hand to obscure the screen.

[Graham H. @ Mar 8th 2006 2:25PM]

seriously, i'm using the righty version as we speak, and this is a great mouse.

[The Steven @ Mar 8th 2006 2:30PM]

Hala - Freakin' - Luya !!!!!

Let there be dancing in the streets, and joy for all to see!

[David Sliwinski @ Mar 8th 2006 2:30PM]

My first computer was a Macintosh 512 enhanced. The mouse card was a bit on the short side so it had to be on the right side. I became a right-handed mouse user by default and now using a mouse with my left hand feels a bit odd. This may be worth checking out if the ergonomics are good.

[Arthur @ Mar 8th 2006 2:34PM]

I'm a lefty and always have used my right hand for mousing like the majority of righties in this world, what is the point?

[My Left Hand @ Mar 8th 2006 2:46PM]

I can finally use my right hand while scrolling for pRon now! Thank you Logitech!

[tiuk @ Mar 8th 2006 2:55PM]

My dad is left handed and has always moused with his right hand, even when using symmetrical mice. *shrug*

[Matt @ Mar 8th 2006 2:57PM]

I'll be getting this as soon as it's out. Nice side effect: less people using my computer when they come ofer cause the mouse won't fit their hand.

[Brian W. @ Mar 8th 2006 3:16PM]

HOLY CRAP! that rocks my socks off! I'm getting one as soon as it pops up on the web. Now if only they leftize one of the gaming mice....

[brian welch @ Mar 8th 2006 3:50PM]

#12 - Hi, now you have. heh. I do know a couple lefties that mouse righty, but not me. I did make a concession to my fam (who are 100% righty) on the shared compy. I didn't switch the buttons. So my normal leftclick is a leftclick with my middle finger. This is actually far more comfortable to me anyway.

My mom actually moused for a couple years lefty because she got tired of moving the mouse around. heh. I was the one who showed my little brother how to shoot pool and rifles. He shoots both lefty even though he is definitely a righty. Doin' my part to make some righties conform. *(;=

[brian welch @ Mar 8th 2006 3:56PM]

Forgot to mention - I would LOVE to buy one of these to support the cause. Only prob is I've been using the V500 for a long time (because it was the only one decently nice for travel and ambi). I'd hate to convert back to a big honkin' mouse just to support the creation of one lefty mouse.

I wonder what the % are of geeks that are lefty. Anybody have a reliable source? I suspect it is a higher percentage than the normal 10-15% of society in general.

[Jip Spinnewijn @ Mar 8th 2006 4:28PM]

Ah man @ last!

I have always used universal mice with my left hand. Now finally a good mouse has arrived for lefties.

But I think I will have to leave the button config the same, to avoid confusion when im at work or somewhere else.

[Bob @ Mar 8th 2006 5:00PM]

Those that don't mouse lefty must not game. I work in IT support for a University campus, so I am constantly having to use a right handed setup, and I am quite comfortable with it, but gaming, I need that lefty mouse! Razor Diamondback is my present choice, but this bad boy is coming to my work machine! Thanks Logitech! (I love it when a righty goes to use my desktop! Revenge!)

[sheepbat @ Mar 8th 2006 5:30PM]

I'm one of the few righties that mouse lefty. I'd prefer something ambidextrous, as then I could mouse using either hand whenever I feel like it.

[T @ Mar 8th 2006 5:47PM]

Funny, I'm right handed and a combination of fatigue and curiosity caused me to switch hands (on my mac at least). What a great idea!

[conglacio @ Mar 8th 2006 6:00PM]

To lefties who use right handed mice and think that there is no point in left handed mice...

Not every left handed person is like you. there are quite a number of people in my work place (including 2 in my team of 12) who are left handed and cannot use right handed mice. Luckly, all the mice here are symmetrical.

[Karl Viklund @ Mar 8th 2006 6:14PM]

Only 15% of their costumers will find any use in this product. Nice looking btw :)

[The Steven @ Mar 8th 2006 9:06PM]

Hey, back in the stone age when dinosaurs and Tandy computers roamed the earth, some companies Logitech included did make left handed mice. My M$ "Ball-Point" had four buttons so it could be used with equal ease in either hand.

Sadly, for the past almost ten years I held my mouse in my left hand, canted to the right by about 45 degrees so that I used the left button with my index finger and the right button with my thumb.

I will be buying this mouse!

[The Steven @ Mar 8th 2006 9:06PM]

Hey, back in the stone age when dinosaurs and Tandy computers roamed the earth, some companies Logitech included did make left handed mice. My M$ "Ball-Point" had four buttons so it could be used with equal ease in either hand.

Sadly, for the past almost ten years I held my mouse in my left hand, canted to the right by about 45 degrees so that I used the left button with my index finger and the right button with my thumb.

I will be buying this mouse!

[mb @ Mar 9th 2006 4:45AM]

Finially, you freaks will quit whining now.

[Pete @ Mar 9th 2006 10:56AM]

This mouse has been lefty and righty for years. Yeah it's ugly but if you have hand issues, then it will definitely help you out.

http://www.contourdesign.com/pmo/

[Jesufication @ Mar 9th 2006 12:31PM]

It's just a jump to the left
and a step to the riiiight
put your hands on your hips
and bring your knees in tiiight
but it's the pelvic thruuust
that really drives you insaaaane
let's do the logitech..er..timewarp again.

[abadaba @ Mar 10th 2006 3:54PM]

i dont know if we can plug sites or w/e but....
just a lil FYI there is a deal for the right handed mouse right now on buy.com
u can get it for 20 bucks shipped after a 40 dollar mail in rebate
http://www.buy.com/prod/Logitech_MX_610_Laser_Cordless_Smart_Mouse_Power_Saving/q/loc/101/201967929.html?adid=17662&adid=17662&adid=17662

[YAYitsAndrew @ Mar 13th 2006 7:29PM]

I hate to sound like I'm advertising, but I noticed a lot of people not embracing their left handedness because of righties in the family. For all you people who have to share a computer for right and left handed people, I wrote a small utility to make switching easy.

It's called YAY Lefties and you can grab it at my website for free.

Features:
1. Hotkey swapping of mouse buttons (default ctrl+f12)
2. Mirrors mouse images to suit lefties.
3. Starts when windows starts (optional).
4. Small footprint, sits unobtrusively in the tray.
For Windows XP/2000 (Untested on anything else)

http://www.yayitsandrew.com/projects.php