December 6, 2006 6:30 AM PST

A mouse that tries too hard

by Mike Yamamoto
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(Credit: E-blue)

The almost-comically named "La Feel" from E-blue combines two bad trends: overthinking the mouse and cramming too many functions into one device.

It's hard enough to find a mouse that's ergonomically correct; but this one would seem to beg unnatural contortions by building in "a four-way scroll wheel, Internet forward and back buttons, Play/Pause/Volume control keys, (and) forward and backwards music track keys," as described by Ubergizmo.

Our wrists are getting sore just thinking about it.

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