Čitanje o Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouseu^{(Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse)} i njegovim specifikacijama učinilo me stvarno znatiželjnim. Barem u teoriji, činilo se da nudi sve što sam htio od dobrog miša. Sculpt Touch Mouse^{(Sculpt Touch Mouse)} ima glatku metalnu traku u sredini i ta se traka može koristiti za pomicanje gore-dolje i s jedne na drugu stranu, plus dolazi konfigurirana kao ne jedan nego tri korisna gumba - stranica gore, stranica dolje i što god želite srednji klik biti. Ovo je izgledalo kao vrhunski miš za pomicanje i bio sam nestrpljiv da ga pogledam. Pogledajmo što sam naučio nakon nekoliko dana korištenja.

Raspakiravanje i početak

Iznenadio sam se što nisam pronašao nijedan video za raspakiranje koje nisu objavile tvrtke koje pokušavaju prodati ovog miša. One koje sam pronašao od prosječnih korisnika bile su prilično osrednje i nisu uključivale raspakiranje. Tako da ovaj put dobivam svoje fotografije za raspakiranje (još nisam baš neki kreator videa). Imam samo kameru na mobitelu za rad, tako da slike neće osvojiti nikakve umjetničke nagrade. 🙂 Ali prvo, ovdje je Microsoftova^(Microsoft) službena stranica sa značajkama i cijenama: Sculpt Touch Mouse detalji^{(Sculpt Touch Mouse details)} . Ambalaža je vrlo atraktivna i promišljena. Sam miš je poznati oblik "Dove Bar" , dizajniran da udobno stane u obje ruke.

Ovdje je sadržaj kutije: miš, kratki korisnički vodič, nekoliko jamstvenih i sigurnosnih brošura te baterije, naravno.

Ovdje je donji dio miša koji prikazuje svjetlo indikatora BlueTrack i BlueTooth , gumb za ^(BlueTooth)Bluetooth povezivanje i prekidač za napajanje.

Za razliku od nekih drugih proizvođača, Microsoft ne štedi uključivanjem baterija bez imena iz Outer WhoKnowsWhere-istan . Ovo su Duracells . Ovdje sam otvorio miša i instalirao ih.

I sad sam bio spreman da ga isprobam.

Prelistavanje Windowsa 7

Budući da sam već instalirao Kinivo BTD-400 Bluetooth 4.0 USB adapter , sve što sam trebao učiniti je uključiti miš i pritisnuti tipku za Bluetooth povezivanje u sredini. Svjetla na mišu su počela treptati crveno i zeleno, pa sam otišao na Upravljačku ploču^{(Control Panel)} i izabrao Dodaj uređaj^{(Add a device)} .

Odatle je proces tekao glatko. Miš je otkriven, upravljački programi su automatski instalirani i vrlo brzo je miš bio spreman za korištenje.

Trebalo ga je još malo dotjerati kako bi sve značajke bile postavljene po mom ukusu, pa sam otišao u Centar za miš i tipkovnicu^{(Mouse and Keyboard Center)} . Vrlo sam sretan što mogu izvijestiti da je ovaj put bio puno korisniji nego što je bio s Wedge Touch mišem^{(Wedge Touch Mouse)} (hvala Bogu). Brzo sam uspio postaviti središnji pritisak na dodirnu traku da bude dvostruki klik. Zadano ubrzanje je bilo dobro i nisam ga morao mijenjati.

Već duže vrijeme koristim Wacom Bamboo tablet i olovku na PC-u sa sustavom Windows 7^{(Windows 7)} . Ovo je preporučeno za pomoć kod bolova u zapešću i meni je jako dobro djelovalo. Međutim, upravljački program tableta je malo neobičan, a na nekim stranicama (poput onih u grupi Gawker ) nisam mogao natjerati bočnu traku da se pravilno pomiče svojom pisaljkom osim ako nisam kliknuo i zadržao tipku i povukao prema dolje kao da biram cijela bočna traka. Uz Sculpt Touch Mouse , sve su te stranice pomicale kako su trebale. A za obične web stranice i dokumente, ne morate imati pokazivač na kliznoj traci stranice da bi pomicanje funkcioniralo — bilo gdje na stranici je u redu.

Ovdje su mnoge osnovne postavke dostupne za touch traku, što bi trebalo biti dovoljno za gotovo svakoga. Kao što možete vidjeti, miš ima ugrađenu značajku vibracije (taktilne povratne informacije), uključenu prema zadanim postavkama, s kojom sam eksperimentirao i potom isključio. Zaista mi nije potrebna taktilna povratna informacija da mi kaže što radim, a osjećao sam da će vibracije samo brže isprazniti baterije.

Bio sam iznenađen što su vertikalne i horizontalne brzine pomicanja postavljene tako sporo, ali brzo sam otkrio da su te zadane brzine točne. Pomičite ih brže i pomicanje postaje teško kontrolirati. Bio sam jako zadovoljan načinom na koji je miš radio pod Windows 7 . Ponudio je mnogo načina da ga prilagodim svojim željama i zahtijevao je samo lagani dodir za pomicanje i klik. Lako bi se koristilo dulje vrijeme bez umora. Veliki plus u usporedbi s nekim od miševa koje sam koristio u prošlosti. Sculpt Touch Mouse mi je vrlo udobno stajao u ruci, ali zbog mojih stalnih problema sa zapešćem koristio sam svoj gel oslonac za zapešće . Ovo je problem specifičan za Marte. 🙂

Prelistavanje Windowsa 8

Instalacija pod Windowsom 8^{(Windows 8)} bila je jednako glatka i bez događaja kao i pod Windowsom 7^{(Windows 7)} . Uključio sam miša, pritisnuo tipku za povezivanje na dnu, a zatim otišao na Control Panel -> Add a device .

Windows je tražio uređaj za dodavanje i gotovo odmah pronašao Sculpt Touch Mouse .

Odabrao sam ga i rekao Windowsu 8^{(Windows 8)} da nastavi. Miš je zapravo počeo raditi prije završetka instalacije drajvera. Odatle sam koristio centar za miš i tipkovnicu^{(Mouse and Keyboard Center)} kako bih konfigurirao miš po svom ukusu, baš kao što sam to učinio pod Windowsom 7^{(Windows 7)} . Još jednom, zadano pomicanje i ubrzanje bili su savršeni.

Odmah sam otkrio da je pomicanje po početnom^(Start) zaslonu prava poslastica. Samo najlakši pokret prsta premjestio se s jedne strane zaslona na drugu što je glatko mogao biti. Gumbi i traka za pomicanje savršeno su radili u svakoj Windows 8 aplikaciji koju sam isprobao. Na netbooku, s manjim zaslonom, koristio sam Page Up i Page Downključeva puno. To što sam mogao to učiniti bez skidanja ruke s miša bilo je sjajno. Miš je radio na svakoj površini koju sam isprobao, a radi vlastite osobne udobnosti odlučio sam ga koristiti na podlozi za miša s gel osloncem za zglobove. Bio je vrlo udoban u mojoj ruci i za pomicanje, klikanje i pomicanje trebao je samo minimum napora. Ne mislim da je bolje od ovoga za svakodnevnu upotrebu. Ovdje je slika miša Sculpt Touch Mouse^{(Sculpt Touch Mouse)} i mog Toshiba NB-505 netbooka.

Ako ovo izgleda malo čudno, to je zbog perspektive i činjenice da sve stoji na trokutastom stolu za prijenosno računalo iz Ikee^(Ikea) .

Razgledavanje Mac OS X Mountain Lion

Isprobavanje miša na mom Mac Miniju^{(Mac Mini)} bilo je veliko razočaranje. Instalirao se jednako lako kao i Wedge Touch Mouse , ali Microsoft ne isporučuje Mac drajvere za Sculpt Touch Mouse , tako da su bile dostupne samo najosnovnije funkcije (lijevi i desni klik), a kotačić za pomicanje uopće nije radio. Nisam radio dalje testiranje. Bio sam stvarno razočaran jer sam se nadao da ću koristiti značajke miša Sculpt Touch Mouse^{(Sculpt Touch Mouse's)} na Macu.

Zaključci

Sculpt Touch Mouse mi je udobno stajao u ruci, a činjenica da je lagani dodir bio više nego dovoljan za klikanje i pomicanje bio je pravi plus . Osim postavljanja središnje tipke kao dvostrukog klika, zadane postavke su mi dobro funkcionirale. To je miš koji će većina ljudi moći koristiti dugo vremena bez umora ruku. Trebao bi raditi na bilo kojoj površini, pa sam ga isprobao na stolnom računalu, prijenosnom računalu, svom Wacom tabletu, DVD- u^(DVD)futrolu i grubu drvenu kutiju za cigare i uopće nije imao problema. Koristit ću ga uz podlogu za miša i gel oslonac za zglob jer mi je to najudobnije, ali nije potrebno za nesmetan rad. Bilo je jednostavno konfigurirati i bilo je puno dostupnih opcija za sve gumbe i traku za pomicanje. Postojala je samo jedna stvar koju nisam mogao testirati: nemam softver koji zahtijeva istovremeno pritiskanje dvaju gumba. Kad sam to pokušao učiniti, djelovalo je kao da sam kliknuo desnom tipkom miša.

Presuda

Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse izvrstan je svestrani miš koji bi trebao odgovarati gotovo svačijim potrebama . Postavljanje je jednostavno, a činjenica da su zadane postavke tako dobro funkcionirale za mene je definitivno plus (obično moram puno dotjerivati). Ako vam je stalo do takvih stvari, njegova siva biserna plastika vrlo je privlačna i trebala bi se lako čistiti ako je to potrebno. Možete isključiti miš kako biste sačuvali bateriju kada ga ne koristite, a kada ga ponovno uključite, automatski se ponovno povezuje. Microsoft kaže da baterije mogu trajati do devet mjeseci. Volio sam da su stranice gore i dolje ugrađene izravno u traku osjetljivu na dodir (često koristim te tipke). Činjenica da je tako dobro funkcionirao s oba moja računala sa sustavom Windows činila mi je još više žao što je bilo'Mac . Nadam se da će Microsoft to ispraviti u budućnosti. Cijena po cijeni je vrlo razumna za miš koji je prepun značajki. Mislim da ne možete pogriješiti ako kupite Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse .

The Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse Review - A Great Scrolling Experience

Reading aboυt the Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse and its specifications made me really curious. At least in theory, it seemed to offer everything I wanted from a good mouse. The Sculpt Touch Mouse has a smooth metallic strip in its center and that strip can be used for up and down and side to side scrolling, plus it comes configured as not one but three useful buttons—page up, page down, and whatever you want the middle click to be. This looked like the ultimate scrolling mouse and I was eager to take a look at it. Let's see what I have learned after using it for a couple of days.

Unboxing and getting started

I was surprised not to find any unboxing videos that were not put out by companies trying to sell this mouse. The ones I found from average users were pretty mediocre and didn't include the unboxing. So this time I get to supply my own unboxing photos (I am not much of a video creator yet). I've only got a cell phone camera to work with, so the pictures are not going to win any artistic awards. 🙂 But first, here is Microsoft's official page with features and pricing: Sculpt Touch Mouse details. The packaging is very attractive and well thought out. The mouse itself is the familiar "Dove Bar" shape, designed to fit comfortably in either hand.

Here are the contents of the box: the mouse, a brief user guide, some warranty and safety pamphlets and the batteries, of course.

Here is the bottom of the mouse, showing the BlueTrack and BlueTooth indicator light, the Bluetooth connect button, and the power switch.

Unlike some other manufacturers, Microsoft does not skimp by including no-name batteries from Outer WhoKnowsWhere-istan. These are Duracells. Here I have opened up the mouse and installed them.

And now I was ready to try it out.

Mousing around on Windows 7

Since I had already installed the Kinivo BTD-400 Bluetooth 4.0 USB adapter, all I had to do was turn on the mouse and press the Bluetooth connect button in the center. The lights on the mouse started flashing red and green, so I went to Control Panel and chose Add a device.

From there the process went smoothly. The mouse was discovered, the drivers were automatically installed, and very quickly the mouse was ready to use.

It still needed to be tweaked a little to get all the features set to my liking, so off I went to the Mouse and Keyboard Center. I am very happy to report that it was a lot more useful this time around than it was with the Wedge Touch Mouse (thank goodness) I was quickly able to set the center press on the touch strip to be a doubleclick. The default acceleration was fine and I did not have to change it.

I have been using a Wacom Bamboo tablet and stylus on the Windows 7 PC for a long time. This was recommended to help with wrist pain and it has worked very well for me. However, the tablet driver is a little quirky, and on some sites (like those in the Gawker group) I could not get the sidebar to scroll properly with my stylus unless I clicked and held down the button and pulled downward as if I were selecting the whole sidebar. With the Sculpt Touch Mouse, all those sites scrolled as they were supposed to. And for regular web pages and documents, you don't have to have the pointer on the page's scroll bar to make the scrolling work—anywhere on the page is fine.

Here are the many basic settings available for the touch strip, which should be enough for just about anyone. As you can see, the mouse has a vibration (tactile feedback) feature built into it, turned on by default, which I experimented with and then turned off. I really don't need tactile feedback to tell me what I'm doing, and I felt that the vibration would only run the batteries down faster.

I was surprised that the vertical and horizontal scroll speeds were set so slow, but I quickly discovered that those default speeds are correct. Move them any faster and the scrolling becomes hard to control. I was very pleased with the way the mouse worked under Windows 7. It offered a lot of ways to customize it to my liking and it required only a light touch to scroll and to click. It would be easy to use for long periods of time without fatigue. A big plus when compared to some of the mice I have used in the past. The Sculpt Touch Mouse fit my hand very comfortably, but because of my ongoing wrist problems I used my gel wrist rest. This is a Marte-specific problem. 🙂

Mousing around on Windows 8

Installation under Windows 8 was just as smooth and uneventful as it was under Windows 7. I turned on the mouse, pressed the connect button on the bottom, and then went to Control Panel -> Add a device.

Windows looked for a device to add and found the Sculpt Touch Mouse almost immediately.

I selected it, and told Windows 8 to go ahead. The mouse actually started working before the installation of the drivers was finished. From there, I used the Mouse and Keyboard Center to configure the mouse to my liking, just as I had under Windows 7. Once again, the default scrolling and acceleration were perfect.

I found immediately that scrolling across the Start screen was an absolute treat. Just the very lightest movement of a finger moved from one side of the screen to the other as smoothly as could be. The buttons and the scroll strip worked perfectly in every Windows 8 app I tried. On the netbook, with its smaller screen, I had been using the Page Up and Page Down keys a lot. Being able to do that without taking my hand off the mouse was great. The mouse worked on every surface I tried, and for my own personal comfort I chose to use it on a mouse pad with a gel wrist rest. It was very comfortable in my hand and took only the bare minimum of effort to move, click and scroll. I don't think it gets much better than this for everyday use. Here is a picture of the Sculpt Touch Mouse and my Toshiba NB-505 netbook.

If this looks a little weird it's due to the perspective and the fact that everything is sitting on a triangular laptop table from Ikea.

Mousing around on Mac OS X Mountain Lion

Trying out the mouse on my Mac Mini was a major disappointment. It installed just as easily as the Wedge Touch Mouse had, but Microsoft does not supply Mac drivers for the Sculpt Touch Mouse, so only the most basic functions (left and right click) were available and the scroll wheel did not work at all. I did no further testing. I was really disappointed because I had hoped to use the Sculpt Touch Mouse's features on the Mac.

Conclusions

The Sculpt Touch Mouse fit my hand comfortably, and the fact that a light touch was more than enough for clicking and scrolling was a real plus. Other than setting the center button as a double-click, the default settings worked fine for me. It's a mouse that most people will be able to use for a long time without hand fatigue. It's supposed to work on any surface, so I tried it out on a desktop, a laptop table, my Wacom tablet, a DVD case and a rough wooden cigar box and had no problem at all. I will use it with a mouse pad and a gel wrist rest because that is what's most comfortable for me, but it's not necessary for smooth operation. It was easy to configure and there were a lot of options available for all the buttons and the scroll strip. There was only one thing that I couldn't test out: I don't have any software that requires pressing the two buttons at once. When I tried doing that, it acted as though I were right-clicking.

Verdict

The Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse is an excellent all-around mouse that should fit nearly everyone's needs. Setup is easy, and the fact that the default settings worked so well for me was a definite plus (I usually have to do a lot of tweaking). If you care about such things, its gray pearlized plastic is very attractive and should be easy to clean if that's necessary. You can turn the mouse off to conserve the battery when you're not using it, and when you turn it back on it reconnects automatically. Microsoft says the batteries can last up to nine months. I loved having page-up and page-down built right into the touch strip (I use those keys a lot). The fact that it worked so well with both my Windows based computers made me all the more sorry there wasn't a driver available for the Mac. I hope Microsoft will remedy this in the future. The list price is very reasonable for a mouse this full of features. I don't think you can go wrong buying the Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse.

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